Bill Huizenga (R-MI), an eight-term House member and Vice Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, holds a portfolio of stocks and mutual funds, but no public tracker confirmed a high volume of actively-timed individual equity trades, so the strongest documented concerns are elsewhere. Financial disclosures show his net worth roughly tripled to five-fold over his tenure, though a substantial share derives from the family-owned Huizenga Gravel Company and ordinary asset appreciation rather than demonstrable office-linked gains. His campaign spending drew a 2018 FEC complaint and a House Ethics review that, in June 2024, found recordkeeping violations and improperly accepted staffer reimbursements but recommended no sanctions, attributing issues to confusion over the rules. As Vice Chair of Financial Services he receives heavy securities/finance industry money that correlates with his deregulatory agenda (correlation, not proof), while his missed-vote rate (~2.3% lifetime) is unremarkable.
Public record
In Congress since
2011
Committees
Financial Services Foreign Affairs
Missed votes, 119th Congress
2.1% (14 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$4.1M raised · 39% from PACs & committees · $2.3M cash on hand FEC ↗
H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.
Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Stock self-trading
25% weight
20
Disclosures list individual stocks and mutual funds, and as Financial Services Vice Chair there is clear committee-sector overlap, but public trackers (Quiver, Capitol Trades) showed no confirmed high-volume or suspiciously-timed individual trades; a Raw Story review flagged a missing periodic transaction report tied to his gravel-business assets, not active equity churning. Scored low for unconfirmed volume.
Comparing 2011 and 2025 filings, his total assets roughly tripled and net worth grew up to five-fold (from $172K-$948K to $885K-$2.8M), outpacing salary; however, a substantial portion traces to the family-owned Huizenga Gravel Company and ordinary market appreciation, so office-linked enrichment is not cleanly isolated. Moderate score reflects growth beyond salary but ambiguous causation.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
45
Correlation, not proof: As Vice Chair of House Financial Services, Huizenga draws heavy securities/investment, banking, and insurance industry money, and his legislative output is concentrated in finance (e.g., the industry-backed Improving Disclosure for Investors Act, applauded by SIFMA), aligning with donor interests. Concentration of finance-sector money plus aligned deregulatory bills supports a moderate score; no quid pro quo is established.
A 2018 FEC complaint alleged campaign funds paid for expensive dinners and vacations (Disney World, golf resorts, luxury hotels) involving family; the FEC deadlocked 2-2 and dismissed in-house, but the House Ethics Committee in June 2024 found actual recordkeeping violations and improperly accepted staffer reimbursements, though it recommended no sanctions, citing rule confusion. Documented rule breaches keep this in the moderate range despite no penalty.
No public records surfaced tying family members' lobbying or contracts to his office, or documenting a notable staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. Absence of evidence is not penalized.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
10
Huizenga missed 211 of 9,122 roll-call votes (2.3%) from 2011 to June 2026, on par with the ~2.1% median for sitting representatives. No evidence of paid speeches or fundraising-driven absenteeism. Low score for a routine attendance record.
Sources behind this score: 6 news reporting · 3 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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