Composite 6.35 / 10, weighted per the Constitutional Weight Schedule.
Below the 700 bar, Author's Verdict: not supported.
Lands in the Adequate band at credit 656, below the 700 support line, Author's Verdict: not supported. (See section 7 for the full reasoning.)
No military service record. Public-service background is civilian: Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management (2019-2021); Florida House of Representatives (2012-2018); Broward County Commission (2022-2023). Listed for completeness; not scored as conduct.
The 14 measures
Each measure is scored 0–10 against an anchored example, with a cited source. Hover/expand why? for the reasoning.
| # | Measure | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| M01 | Duty to Constitution & Rule of Law | 6 | why?Seated January 2023, could not have signed the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus (Dec 2020) and is not on
the 126-signatory list; no process-subversion conduct attaches. No documented attempt to defeat a
constitutional purpose by legal-on-its-face means. Held at upper-middle rather than higher: as a freshman
the affirmative record of constraining power against his own side is thinner than the apex tier, and one
notable separation-from-party gesture (the DOGE caucus) ended as a publicized exit rather than a
sustained institutional stand.
[source] |
| M02 | Party Over Country | 7 | why?Genuine cross-aisle posture: co-founded the Bipartisan Disaster Preparedness and School Safety caucuses, reintroduced the EAGLES Act with Mario Diaz-Balart (R), and instituted a standing weekly lunch with a
rotating Republican member. Tempered honestly downward because the formal Lugar Bipartisan Index for the
118th placed him at roughly -0.149 (rank ~161), below the historical average, the documented behavior is
real but the measured legislative bipartisanship is middling. Upper-middle on the conduct of seeking
common ground, not on raw index.
[source] |
| M03 | Persons of Equal Worth | 6 | why?No documented pattern of casting opponents as illegitimate or as people who do not belong; the bipartisan-
lunch initiative actively models the opposite. The drag is a recurring willingness to trade sharp personal
jabs in committee (the Comer 'we know who's taking more medication' retort, Sept 2024), which is heated
and personal even where bipartisan-instigated. Persons-of-equal-worth largely respected; temperance
lapses in the heat of hearings keep it at upper-middle, not higher.
[source] |
| M04 | Weaponization of Justice | 7 | why?No documented weaponization of state power against rivals and no criterion-class process-subversion
conduct. Oversight-committee confrontations (challenging Chair Comer over a family loan) are
accountability-seeking within the committee's purpose, not abuse of state machinery against an opponent.
[source] |
| M05 | Incitement / Anti-Belonging | 6 | why?Rhetoric is generally substantive and policy-anchored, including candidly declaring a effort he had
joined a 'complete failure,' which is honest self-correction rather than enemy-making. The drag is a taste
for combative one-liners in hearings and on cable. No sustained incitement or dehumanization pattern
(criterion 10 not met); the deductions are for temperance, not for casting opponents as enemies.
[source] |
| M06 | Fiduciary Conduct | 6 | why?No ethics finding, censure, or sanction on record. The genuine fiduciary appearance-concern is active
individual-equity trading (AVGO, NVDA, CSCO and others) while serving on Judiciary and Foreign Affairs, a member-stock-trading optics drag weighed as appearance, not as a documented breach or proven use of
nonpublic information. Middle: clean record, real appearance-concern.
[source] |
| M07 | Duty to Call Out | 7 | why?Met the harder bar of calling out something at cost: as the first Democrat to join the DOGE caucus he
could have left quietly, but publicly judged the effort 'dead' and a 'complete failure' on the merits,
crossing the partisan expectation in both directions. Demonstrates the active call-out duty. Below apex
because the call-outs are more rhetorical than legislatively costly.
[source] |
| M08 | The Discretion Test | 6 | why?Prior crisis-management service (FL Division of Emergency Management director, 2019-2021, COVID response)
shows discretionary stewardship under pressure. No documented instance of choosing personal advantage when
unobserved, but also no singular self-sacrifice-of-advantage anchor; honest middle on the discretion test.
[source] |
| M09 | The No-Camera Test | 7 | why?No documented private/public contempt gap; the combative-in-public, deal-making-in-private reputation are
consistent rather than two-faced, he appears on adversarial outlets and keeps standing cross-aisle
relationships off camera. No evidence of a hidden contradiction to the public posture.
[source] |
| M10 | Constituent-vs-Donor Vote | 6 | why?Constituent-facing record is solid, disaster-preparedness focus rooted in district experience and
Nonprofit Security Grant advocacy. Held at middle for want of an extended verified record (freshman/
sophomore tenure) and no standout constituent-over-donor anchor; no exploitation evidence either way.
[source] |
| M11 | Net-Worth Trajectory | 6 | why?Scored ONLY on office-attributable enrichment, not raw wealth. No self-dealing, family payroll, office-
information trade, or foreign-government revenue is documented. Net worth (~$11.5M est.) and pre/non-office
assets are NOT penalized. The single drag is the appearance dimension of active individual-stock trading
while in office; absent any proven office-information advantage it is a modest appearance deduction only.
[source] |
| M12 | Floor Decorum | 6 | why?Honors regular order and committee process and uses the institution's tools (oversight questioning,
bipartisan caucuses) as intended. The decorum drag is the relish for theatrical, personal hearing
exchanges that prioritize the viral moment over institutional gravity. Net upper-middle.
[source] |
| M13 | Lying & Misleading | 6 | why?No sustained documented-falsehood pattern; his public posture is fact-anchored and he has publicly
contradicted convenient narratives on his own side (the DOGE assessment). Held at honest middle for a
short record rather than a long, fully verified truth-telling track.
[source] |
| M14 | Knowledge Depth | 7 | why?Real subject-matter command in emergency management and disaster response, carried from running Florida's
response apparatus into the EAGLES Act and the Disaster Preparedness Caucus. Substance over talking points
in his domain; upper-middle.
[source] |
Why not higher, the points withheld
The standard is the seat; the ceiling is a perfect 10. Every withheld point traces to documented conduct, weighed where the measures and attributes say it belongs, shown openly here, the same way the earned points are.
| Where | Documented conduct | Mitigation weighed |
|---|---|---|
| M02 | Lugar/McCourt Bipartisan Index for the 118th Congress placed him at roughly -0.149 (rank ~161), below the historical average ↳ measured legislative bipartisanship below the documented cross-aisle posture | Active, verifiable common-ground conduct: weekly GOP lunch, bipartisan caucuses, EAGLES Act with a Republican cosponsor |
| M03 | Recurring sharp personal jabs in committee (the Sept 2024 'we know who's taking more medication' retort to Chairman Comer) ↳ Temperance lapse in heated exchanges | Largely bipartisan-instigated; no pattern of dehumanizing opponents as people who don't belong |
| M06 | Active individual-equity trading (AVGO, NVDA, CSCO) while seated on Judiciary and Foreign Affairs ↳ Fiduciary appearance-of-impropriety (member stock trading) | No ethics finding, sanction, or documented use of nonpublic information; weighed as appearance only |
| M11 | Same active stock-trading optics dimension during committee service ↳ Appearance dimension only, NOT raw wealth, which is not penalized | No office-attributable enrichment, self-dealing, family payments, or foreign-gov revenue documented |
| M05 | Taste for combative cable and hearing one-liners ↳ Temperance/rhetorical-restraint drag | Substantive policy core; honest self-correction on his own side's DOGE effort; no incitement pattern |
| Pillar II | Combative public style sits in tension with the bipartisan-bridge brand (Consistency/Temperance) ↳ Consistency/Temperance drag | Authenticity + willingness to break with own-side narrative keep the drag modest |
| Pillar IV | Member-stock-trading appearance-concern plus the viral-confrontation habit temper the legacy (Integrity/Justice) ↳ Integrity/Justice drag | Clean ethics record and genuine cross-aisle relationship-building dominate |
The Four Pillars, worthy to be followed?
A separate axis from the 14 measures. The measures ask did their conduct meet the standard; the Pillars ask is this someone worthy to be elevated and followed at all. The two can diverge, when they do, the divergence is the finding.
| # | Pillar | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Trust & Loyalty
| 7 | why?Attributes: Steadiness Under Pressure, Selfless Service, Loyalty to oath over faction, emergency-management service under crisis and a documented willingness to break with his own side's narrative (the DOGE 'failure' verdict) evidence independence. Held below higher tiers by a still-short federal record. |
| II | Aspiration & Integrity
| 6 | why?Attributes: Conviction, Authenticity, Self-Reflection, candid even when it cuts against his party; drag toward Temperance's opposite in combative hearing exchanges keeps it at honest middle. |
| III | Protection & Influence
| 6 | why?Attributes: Stewardship, Accountability, Protection, uses oversight and disaster-policy tools for their intended purpose; no exploitation of power. Tempered by the member-stock-trading appearance-concern. |
| IV | Legacy & Virtue
| 6 | why?Attributes: Integrity, Justice, clean ethics record and real bridge-building weigh positive; the viral-confrontation habit and stock-trading optics are drags toward Ego/Favoritism that temper but do not define a still-young record. |
| TOTAL: Moderate | 25/40 |
Total 25/40, Adequate-to-Sound range. A solid, honest mid-career civic record: real bipartisan conduct and crisis competence, with temperance and appearance drags counted plainly.
What the Four Pillars are & the questions behind each →
In their own words
“DOGE was a complete failure. Complete failure. Nothing has been made more efficient.”
Declaring the DOGE caucus 'dead' after being the first Democrat to join it · The Hill · ACCOUNTABILITY · cite
“I want the chairman to show the American people that we didn't just waste millions of taxpayer dollars to issue this book report.”
Oversight Committee hearing challenging the impeachment-inquiry report · The Hill · ACCOUNTABILITY · cite
“We know who's taking more medication.”
Retort to Chairman Comer in a heated Oversight exchange · The Hill · CONTESTED · cite
“I'll have lunch with a Republican colleague every week to forge bipartisan relationships.”
Standing weekly bipartisan-lunch initiative (paraphrase of office announcement) · House office release · CIVIC · cite
Full personnel file
1. Identity
Jared Evan Moskowitz (born 1980/1981). U.S. Representative for Florida, elected FL-23 in 2022, seated January 2023; running in the redrawn FL-25 for 2026. Democrat. Member, House Judiciary Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee. Previously: Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management (2019-2021); Broward County Commissioner (2022-2023); Florida House of Representatives (2012-2018). Parkland-area legislator known for disaster-preparedness and school-safety work.
2. Voting / Legislative Profile
Freshman-to-sophomore House Democrat with a cross-aisle public posture: co-founder of the Bipartisan Disaster Preparedness Caucus and the Bipartisan School Safety and Security Caucus; reintroduced the EAGLES Act with Mario Diaz-Balart (R); instituted a standing weekly lunch with a rotating Republican member; first Democrat to join the Congressional DOGE Caucus (which he later publicly declared defunct). The formal Lugar/McCourt Bipartisan Index for the 118th Congress nonetheless placed him below the historical average (~-0.149, rank ~161), documented bridge-building behavior outpaces the measured legislative index. Policy positions are not scored here in either direction.
3. Constitutional Moments
No process-subversion conduct attaches: seated January 2023, he is not on the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus signatory list (that document predates his service by two years). His notable independence moments are conduct-of-office: joining and then publicly repudiating the DOGE caucus on the merits, and pressing oversight questions across the partisan grain. No criterion-8 or criterion-10 conduct on record.
4. Rhetoric & Discourse Profile
Substantive and policy-anchored at core, with a documented taste for combative, viral hearing exchanges and cable sparring. The sharpest instances (the 'medication' retort to Chairman Comer) are personal and heated but largely reciprocal and bipartisan-instigated, not a sustained pattern of casting opponents as enemies who do not belong. Weighed as a temperance drag on M03/M05, not as criterion-10 enemy-making.
5. Fiduciary Profile
No ethics finding, censure, or sanction on record. Estimated net worth ~$11.5M (House FD range $2.5M-$15.9M for 2023); raw wealth is not scored. The genuine appearance-concern is active individual-equity trading (AVGO, NVDA, CSCO, XLE and others) while seated on Judiciary and Foreign Affairs, weighed as a member-stock- trading optics drag on M06/M11, not as a documented breach or proven use of nonpublic information.
6. Severity-Class Conduct
No documented Severity-class conduct under any of the eight criteria. He could not have signed the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus (seated 2023; not on the 126-signatory list), and no sustained enemy-making or incitement pattern is documented, heated hearing exchanges do not meet the criterion-10 bar. Flag count: zero.
7. What The Framework Says
An honest mid-record. Moskowitz brings real bipartisan conduct, standing GOP lunches, bipartisan caucuses, a Republican-cosponsored bill, and genuine crisis competence from running Florida's emergency-management apparatus, plus a documented willingness to break with his own side's narrative when he judged the DOGE effort a failure. The standard counts the drags plainly: a measured bipartisan index below the historical average, a member-stock-trading appearance-concern, and a taste for theatrical, personal hearing confrontations that prioritize the viral moment over institutional gravity. No process-subversion and no enemy-making pattern. Adequate-to-Sound, with the temperance and appearance drags honestly weighed.
8. Sources & Where To Look Deeper
Tier 1 (primary): Congress.gov member record · House financial disclosures (eFD)
Tier 2: Lugar Center / McCourt Bipartisan Index · Ballotpedia
Research links: Congress.gov member profile · Ballotpedia · House financial disclosures (eFD) · Lugar Center Bipartisan Index · Wikipedia
Scores derive from the fixed Constitutional Weight Schedule. The bar does not move. Conduct, not party.