| New reporting finds that Congress has been a lucrative job for Bill Huizenga: he “has roughly tripled his total assets and increased his net worth by as much as five times since first taking office 15 years ago.”
While Huizenga is busy getting rich in Washington, he refuses to fight for investments back home in Michigan. Huizenga is the “only member of Michigan’s congressional delegation who didn’t request earmarks for his district” to put taxpayer dollars to work for Southwest Michigan.
REMINDER: Huizenga also voted to give himself as much as $50,000 in tax cuts by supporting the Big, Ugly Bill.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Bill Huizenga gets rich – tripling his wealth during his fifteen years in Washington – while regular Michiganders pay more for everything. Huizenga isn’t looking out for Southwest Michigan because he’s too busy protecting his own bottom line.”
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Michigan Independent: Huizenga’s wealth grew as he skipped community project funding for Michigan district
The eight-term lawmaker is the only US House member from Michigan to choose not to request earmarks.
- Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga has gained hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal wealth during his time in Congress, according to federal records, even as he has continually declined to seek federal dollars for projects that could benefit his district.
- Financial disclosure forms from 2011 and 2025 reveal that the eight-term representative has roughly tripled his total assets and increased his net worth by as much as five times since first taking office 15 years ago. Before becoming a congressman, Huizenga reported that he and his wife had $437,015 to $1,058,000 in assets and a net worth of $172,015 to $947,998. In 2025, his disclosures indicated $1,355,024 to $3,056,000 in assets and a net worth of $885,000 to $2,805,999 the year prior.
- The month following the filing of his latest financial disclosure, the Detroit News reported Huizenga was the only member of Michigan’s congressional delegation who didn’t request earmarks for his district, where approximately 12% of residents live below the poverty line.
- Other representatives sought earmarks, otherwise known as community project funding, for infrastructure, community programs, hospitals, and other initiatives for their districts. In total, the House appropriations bills for the 2026 fiscal year included $205 million earmarked for about 160 local projects across Michigan.
- A request for comment from Huizenga’s office had not been returned in time for publication of this article.
- The Detroit News reported that Huizenga hasn’t participated in the process since earmarks were revived in 2021.
- In addition to a variety of stocks and mutual funds, a substantial portion of his wealth comes from Huizenga Gravel Company, Inc., a business he co-owns in Jenison. His most recent disclosure form lists profits from ownership of the land and payments from gravel mining operations. Those assets were valued between $700,003 and $1,500,000 and brought in an income of $115,002 to $1,050,000.
- The form also lists real estate located in Holland worth between $500,001 and $1,000,000.
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