He chairs the House subcommittee with jurisdiction over nuclear weapons, missile defense and military space. On June 4 he read out a bill that names four missile-defense programs. Lockheed, Northrop, RTX and L3Harris hold all four contracts — and all four fund his campaign.
As state treasurer he barred BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo from West Virginia's business over climate policy — then went back for six more banks. Fewer bidders means higher interest, and West Virginia taxpayers pay it.
Karl Pfluger is president of Oryx Midstream in Midland. Reuters found he put $9.8 million into Trump Media in 2021-22. FEC records show Oryx executives — including Karl and the CEO — have given $117,950 to the congressman's committees. He sits on Energy and Commerce and pushes permitting reform.
X-energy is building a nuclear fuel plant in Fleischmann's district with a Department of Energy cost share. Between January 26 and March 11, 2026, its CEO, president, chief scientist, chief nuclear officer and 14 more colleagues wrote checks to the congressman who writes the DOE budget.
His staffing company was the hospital's second-largest creditor, owed nearly $10 million. His loan carries 14% interest — 19% if a payment is missed. Taxpayers put in another $80 million. And in Georgia, he opposes the Medicaid expansion that keeps hospitals like it alive.
Ramaswamy holds a $71 million stake in Strive, a leveraged bitcoin company that lost $257.6 million last quarter. He calls House Bill 18 'thoughtful & powerful' — and its pension language has no cap at all. Ohio's five retirement systems hold $284 billion.
Hagerty authored the GENIUS Act, the first federal crypto law. It says in its own text that stablecoins get no FDIC insurance. Within two weeks of Senate passage, the CEOs of Coinbase and Ripple wrote his joint fundraising committee $15,100.
AIPAC alone gave him about $68,000 by the end of July — his largest single donor by far. More than 100 PACs have written him checks. And the most common profession listed by his donors, after 'retired,' is blank.
Outside groups poured $5 million into Indiana's 8th District's 2024 primary — the sixth most expensive congressional race in America that spring. Messmer's own campaign raised less than a third of that. Then he took a seat writing the rules for one of his biggest backers.