Jim Jordan has represented Ohio's 4th District since 2007. That's 19 years in Congress, and he's now one of the most powerful members of the House as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. With all that power and all that time, you'd expect a long list of things he's done for the people of his district.
You'd be wrong. Here are 3 things to know.
1. In nearly 20 years, he's never passed a single law
This sounds made up, but it isn't. Despite serving in Congress for almost two decades, Jim Jordan has never sponsored a single bill that became law. Not one.
That's not what he's there for. Jordan isn't in Washington to write laws that help Ohio. He's there to perform — to go on TV, to put on a show in committee hearings, to chase Trump's enemies and protect Trump's friends. Meanwhile, the people of Ohio's 4th District have gotten basically nothing to show for 19 years of seniority. We're paying him to do a job he isn't doing.
2. He defied his own subpoena — then issued 91 to other people
Here's a story about one set of rules for Jim Jordan and another for everyone else.
In 2022, Congress issued Jordan a lawful subpoena, ordering him to testify about what he knew about January 6th. He refused. Other officials who defied similar subpoenas — like Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro — were convicted and sent to prison. Jordan faced zero punishment. Instead, he got promoted to Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
And from that chair, what did he do? He issued at least 91 subpoenas of his own, spending an estimated $20 million of our tax dollars chasing political enemies and conspiracy theories. He found nothing. A man who ignored a subpoena himself now hands them out by the dozen. The rules apparently only apply to other people.
3. He's accused of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse
This one is serious. Jim Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State University from 1987 to 1995 — the years when the team doctor sexually abused at least 177 student-athletes. Former wrestlers say Jordan knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it. Jordan denies it.
It gets worse. One former wrestler says Jordan called him and pressured him to take back his accusation, asking him not to support reports of the abuse. In July 2025, Jordan was deposed under oath in a federal lawsuit tied to the abuse. We should hold our leaders to a higher standard than this.
Nineteen years, and this is the record
Look at the three together and a portrait comes into focus: a man who has wielded enormous power and produced almost nothing for the people who sent him there. No laws passed. Subpoenas for everyone but himself. And grave questions he has never had to answer. Jim Jordan is very good at the fight and the camera; the part of the job that's supposed to help Ohioans is the part he's never gotten around to. In 2026, voters can decide whether nineteen years is long enough to wait.
