Maxwell Frost

Frost has been among the most active House members on student debt relief since taking office in January 2023. On February 28, 2023, he signed a letter to President Biden urging student debt cancellation ahead of the Supreme Court oral arguments. On June 15, 2023, he joined Congressional Hispanic Caucus colleagues in a separate letter to Biden urging relief for Latino borrowers. When the Supreme Court struck down Biden's broad forgiveness plan in June 2023, Frost released a statement calling the decision discriminatory against working Americans and publicly urged the administration to find alternative legal pathways. He voted NO on H.J.Res.45, which would have ended Biden's student loan payment pause and forced immediate repayments — a bill Biden vetoed. In the 119th Congress under the Trump administration, broad federal student debt relief has been effectively reversed — the administration moved to restart collections on defaulted loans in May 2025 and began unwinding income-driven repayment protections. Frost has publicly opposed these reversals but has no legislative vehicle to stop executive action in the Republican-controlled House. His advocacy record on this issue is consistent and documented but no comprehensive debt relief legislation he has supported has been enacted.

Frost originally introduced the End Junk Fees for Renters Act in July 2023 alongside Rep. Jimmy Gomez. He re-introduced it as H.R. 4100 in the 119th Congress on June 24, 2025, this time with a bicameral companion bill from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). The bill would ban application fees, tenant screening fees, cap late fees at 3% of monthly rent, and mandate full cost disclosure before lease signing. As of May 27, 2026, H.R. 4100 remains referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs with no floor vote, passage, or enactment recorded.

Since taking office in January 2023, Frost has pursued gun violence prevention legislation across multiple fronts. In February 2025, he and Sen. Chris Murphy re-introduced the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2025 (H.R. 1307) with 110 original co-sponsors, seeking to establish a permanent DOJ office for gun violence prevention. In September 2025, he co-introduced the National Gun Violence Research Act of 2025 (H.R. 5622) alongside Reps. Foushee and Beyer. In November 2025, he co-introduced the Disarm Hate Act. He also signed discharge petitions to force House floor votes on the Assault Weapons Ban and Enhanced Background Checks Act. None of these bills have passed the Republican-controlled House as of May 27, 2026.

Frost has continued climate advocacy and legislation since the entry was drafted. On April 22, 2026, he re-introduced the Youth Climate Leadership Act (H.R. 8363), which would cement youth advisory councils within the EPA, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA). He also co-sponsored H.R. 3816, the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2025, and has maintained a consistent pro-environment voting record as tracked by the League of Conservation Voters. As of May 27, 2026, none of his climate bills have passed the Republican-controlled House or been enacted into law.

Frost and Sen. Chris Murphy held a People's Town Hall at the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw, North Carolina (Rep. Richard Hudson's 9th Congressional District) on April 24, 2025, as part of the DNC's 'The People's Town Hall' campaign responding to Republican members being advised not to hold in-person constituent meetings. Approximately 400 attendees were present. The pair subsequently held a second town hall in Sarasota, Florida (Rep. Greg Steube's 17th Congressional District) in May/June 2025. Both events were documented by AP, CT Mirror, Florida Phoenix, Orlando Weekly, and MSNBC. These were concrete, completed actions fulfilling Frost's commitment to constituent engagement beyond his own district.