During a September 2019 hearing on student loan debt, Ocasio-Cortez said she made a payment that had reduced her student loan debt to $19,000. Bennet would be elected one year later. Here are the richest members. Prior to being elected to office, she made much of her wealth in the private sector. Lloyd Doggett has served in Congress since 1995 and currently represents Texas's 35th District. Repiblican Roger Williams represents the 25th District in Texas a strip of land that extends from Fort Worth down to Austin. Gore & Associates. will hold that position until the end of the present Congress. Although this data is harder to compare member-to-member because the starting year may be different, it still provides insight as to who experienced the most drastic total increases. The data goes from 2004 through 2012. Sen. Insider removed him from the list when Mrvan acknowledged filing an incorrect personal financial disclosure that erroneously inflated the value of a retirement account by tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the top industrial contributors to Williams's campaign are oil and gas and automotive. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) was worth less than six figures in 2008. Pingree and her husband, Charlie, operated a small farm for several years. He has also written books on constitutional law and product liability. In that case, a few very high numbers could, for instance, change the average, but they would not change the median. Abraham graduated from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine and practiced for 10 years before he got his medical doctor degree. Insider's calculations are conservative estimates based on the minimum values disclosed by members. U.S. House of Representatives Press Gallery, accessed March 9. Marjorie Taylor Greene has an estimated net worth of around $700,000. For the first time in history, the majority of America's elected officials in Washington, D.C. are millionaires. In September 2019, Sensenbrenner announced he would not seek reelection in the 2020 election. CNN . Operations: Meghann Olshefski Mandy Morris Kelly Rindfleisch Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida's 16th District is worth an estimated $73.9 million. Elected officials and senior staff are prohibited from receiving honoraria for speeches, articles or appearances. The congresswoman filed her next financial disclosure in September 2020. Other notable holdings of Upton's include Apple, Raytheon, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, and Texas Instruments. Members of Congress earn a salary of $174,000. U.S. House of Representatives, accessed March 9. Troy Carter, Melanie Stansbury, and Jake Ellzey have not filed their official financial-disclosure reports. The change in net worth information has also been added to each of Ballotpedia's profiles of the 535 congressional incumbents. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Kennedy's fortune comes from old family money specifically that of his great-grandfather, who was a businessman, and his great-great-grandfather, who was a co-founder of Standard Oil. Ballotpedia features 408,463 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Each year, every member of Congress is required to file a detailed report disclosing their financial holdings. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Sen. John Kennedy is in his first term as senator from Louisiana. The Speaker has no prior knowledge or subsequent involvement in any transactions," Hamill said. Blumenthal's fortune is held almost entirely by his wife, Cynthia Malkin, with millions of dollars reported in various hedge funds, stocks, and real estate and property partnerships. His family owns companies in construction and property development. [1][2] At the same time, 50 percent of Americans cannot afford to spend $5,000 in an emergency. Her student loan debt through the U.S. Department of Education at the time was listed as between $15,001 and $50,000. Before joining Congress, DelBene was an executive at Microsoft. For a complete list of members and their net worth changes, please click "show" below. Gov. Data on the net worth of members of Congress came from the 2018 Wealth of Congress report from CQ Roll Call, an intelligence and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. Net worth figures are based on recent financial filings and are representative of the time that each House member or senator was beginning his or her term in the 115th Congress. This data affords constituents the ability to see the real increase (or decrease) of each member's net worth. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here.
Venus Trine Jupiter Wealth,
Steven Seagal Brothers And Sisters,
Driving Chicago To Boston,
Atlanta Middle School Lacrosse League,
Sharon Small Husband Dan Bridge,
Articles C