[5] During this time, Meijer also worked on veterans projects such as Project Rubicon, was on the advisory board of the With Honor super political action committee, and assisted with urban renewal projects throughout Michigan. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered massive economic sanctions by the United States and its allies. [11], Following Justin Amash's departure from the Republican Party in July 2019, Meijer announced his candidacy for Michigan's 3rd congressional district, competing in the Republican primary. I think one of the challenges is, it's hard to fix a lot of governmental dysfunction in a politically polarized moment. I grew up watching The Daily Show where Jon Stewart would play a clip, and it didn't matter if it was a Republican or a Democratyou know, played a clip of the same individual arguing against a four-years-later version of themselves. He voiced his support for President Donald Trump, saying he would work with Trump to "make sure that we advance policies and an agenda that is in the best interest of West Michigan. [22] He raised $2.7 million during the campaign, to Scholten's $3 million. Meijer noted that the House GOP was expected to have a bad night on Tuesday with a loss of five to 15 seats, but instead they added at least seven seats, leavingDemocrats with a slimmer House majority. The address that Montcalm used for the donation is the same Grand Rapids address for the Meijer Family Foundation at 80 Ottawa Ave., Suite 101. I tend to drink some coffee in the morning, but I'm not a big fan of things that are only cheesy, only greasy or only salty. Representative Peter Meijer (R., Mich.) counts himself among that last, unfortunate, group after being defeated by his Trump-endorsed challenger, John Gibbs, last week. Similarly, Peter Meijer has stayed away from the family businessthough he has said that he stocked shelves at Meijer supermarkets as a teen. Unrestricted contributions less than $10,000 go the general fund. Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, United States, PGIM manages more than $1 trillion in assets across its fixed income, equity, real estate, alternatives, and multi-asset channels, including $283 billion for retail investors, and $553 billion for . That's where I'm deeply concerned that the policy takes a total backseat. Given the war in Ukraine, it could face more from the United States or European nations. By the next year, sales were an estimated $5 billion. Our expectation is that someone may try and kill us, Meijer told MSNBC and added that he and other GOP members who voted to impeach the president changed their daily routines. In the aftermath of Wednesdays vote, Meijer and his colleagues have been on high alert, according to the congressman. "It's important that the Republican Party looks more like the country as a whole and that we also have our government that reflects more of the people that seeks to represent," Meijer said. The party reached a flash point with its recent decision to invest more than $400,000 to help the primary challenger running on Tuesday against Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.). There was no bipartisan input. You have to take office. [38], On May 23, 2021, Meijer condemned Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's comparison between having to wear face masks in the House and the Holocaust. And then very quickly did some polling and said, "Well, this is the easiest path.". [5] He is married to Gabriella Zacarias. afficher des publicits et des contenus personnaliss en fonction de vos profils de centres dintrt; mesurer lefficacit des publicits et contenus personnaliss; et. www.dccc.org. A "straw" donor is one who uses another's name to make political contributions in an effort to evade reporting requirements which is illegal under federal campaign finance law. J.B. Pritzker, a Hyatt Hotel heir, is the wealthiest, worth $3.4 billion, followed by President Trump, with a net worth of $2.5 billion. Gottheimer owns up to $30,000 worth of American depository receipts in Lukoil, the Russian fossil fuels giant, according to his most recent annual financial disclosure. GRAND RAPIDS, MI U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, is backing Peter Meijer in the Republican primary for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District. I love egg on a burger. It's been two decades since Michigan had a Republican senator. The terms of such qualified blind trusts, which congressional guidance states is the "most comprehensive approach" to avoiding "potential conflicts of interest or the appearance of such conflicts," are a matter of public record. If you're not coming in with that approach, I think you're ultimately not going to be able to get the support that you need and build the trust that you need in order to make a lasting, long term positive impact. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. Gottheimer, who owns dozens of different individual stocks, has not created for himself what's known as a "qualified blind trust" a congressionally approved financial arrangement where a lawmaker cedes control of all or part of his or her assets to an independent trustee. Thats a lot of money for those of us who dont have fifty-million-dollar trust funds. All rights reserved. Not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee. [21] Meijer defeated Lynn Afendoulis in the August 4 primary election. Meanwhile, the Michigan Republican says he doesn't have any regrets about his vote to impeach Trump after the events of January 6, 2021. Truscott said that CLF always had Hank Meijers information to put in the report but made a mistake and didnt do it. twitter.com/RepMei. "Congressman Khanna does not trade in any stocks, and he supports a ban on stock trading that applies also to spouses," Baldassarre said. Meijer and Gabriella have been married four years, his spokesman said. I was just worried because Kellogg's was founded and is headquartered in your district, so I thought that might be a bit controversial. 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Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey; and the wife of Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, both of whom currently invest the stock of Russian companies, documents indicate.Rep. You previously said that you see right now that Republicans see "no alternative" to Trump. GRAND RAPIDS, MI Attorney Hillary Scholten, a Democrat running to replace U.S. Rep. Justin Amash in Congress, is calling on Republican candidate Peter Meijer to pledge to divest from all . Four members of Congress or their spouses have either currently or recently invested money in Russian companies, according to an Insider analysis of federal financial disclosure documents. But in statements during the past week, the four members of Congress who've traded Russian investments have been uniformly opposed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "There was never any attempt to not be completely transparent. 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A nonpartisan watchdog is asking federal officials to investigate a Grand Rapids entity it claims was created to funnel money to a Republican political group working to help elect GOP candidate Peter Meijer to Congress. Only a handful of federal lawmakers have established qualified blind trusts, which can be expensive and time-consuming to formalize. If you're not having conversations, if you're not talking, if you're not able to realize at the end of the day that we may be of different parties but as with all Americans, there's far more that unites us as a people than divides us. "The embarrassment is just going to keep growing over this," Laura Harth, the campaign director at Safeguard Defenders, told Newsweek. Maybe it's because it was easier to let the Democrats go down the path that they were going to go down in the absence of anything independent. Representative Peter Meijer, a Michigan Republican, made history within 10 days of officially being sworn in as a House member, becoming the first freshman lawmaker to vote to impeach a. A leader doesn't run to the front of the parade and grab the baton. The Brain Trust is a select group of individuals who have a shared commitment and passion for advancing our understanding of the . But Congress itself is actively debating whether to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks a practice that lawmakers have long permitted for themselves amid rampant violations of current financial disclosure laws and potential conflicts of interest. President Joe Biden reportedly is considering addressing the matter in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday. The government is downstream, not upstream, of culture. It's official: Democrat Hillary Scholten will represent Michigan's third congressional district. Meijer faced Democratic nominee Hillary Scholten in the general election. Lorsque vous utilisez nos sites et applications, nous utilisons des, authentifier les utilisateurs, appliquer des mesures de scurit, empcher les spams et les abus; et. I think it's essential that we have politicians who don't put their jersey on first. 524 Peter Meijer. "There is no public record of Montcalm LLC conducting any activities other than making a political contribution," the complaint states. Representative Peter Meijer (R., Mich.) counts himself among that last, unfortunate, group after being defeated by his Trump-endorsed challenger, John Gibbs, last week. That has expressed itself in my efforts to reassert the legislative branch's primacy in areas of war and peace through the National Security Reforms and Accountability Act, trying to tackle the growth of the emergency powers claimed by the president through one of the titles in that act. The law requires that big donors be publicly reported and the public has a right to know if a billionaire is bankrolling a super PAC supporting his son's run for office. His district was previously represented by Justin Amash, the first Libertarian member of Congress. Si vous ne souhaitez pas que nos partenaires et nousmmes utilisions des cookies et vos donnes personnelles pour ces motifs supplmentaires, cliquez sur Refuser tout. [28], Meijer ran for reelection in the district for the 2022 elections. It's been frustrating how a lot ofnot a single American saw what happened in Uvalde and wasn't utterly heartbroken. That has tremendous value and allows us to pass legislation based on empirical data, demonstrated efficacy rather than talking points and assumptions. He most recently purchased up to $15,000 worth of American depository receipts in Lukoil on February 4, 2021, according to a federal filing. I think nothing could be further from core conservative principles. Especially around how do we deal with mental health in this country. "I've spent several years as a combatant in Iraq, as a civilian non-combatant in Afghanistan working on humanitarian aid operations and saw how what our government does or doesn't do lives hang in the balance," Meijer said. The complaint allegedthat whoever created, operated or contributed to Montcalm violated the law by making the contribution to CLF but attributing the source to Montcalm. It didn't tackle why it is so much more expensive in this country to build infrastructure than in any other developed nation in the world. But thats no difference for Meijer who has his $50 million-plus trust fund to rescue him if he gets sick. You can authorize a million shovel-ready projects, if you don't have people to hold the shovels or if you double the funding, but those projects double in cost, you're not moving the needle, right? Congress itself is actively considering whether to ban lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks at all. Truscott noted that the law requires the Congressional Leadership Fundto report all donors. Those are things that we can at least make progress on in a bipartisan way. [5] His financial disclosures list more than $50million in assets, primarily from a Meijer family trust. 2023 www.detroitnews.com. Congressional members' concerns about the pipeline's closure intensified after Biden revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline permit. [62], In 2022, Meijer was one of six Republicans to vote for the Global Respect Act, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of the internationally recognized human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) people, and for other purposes. And at the same time, it's very easy for misunderstanding and suspicion to take root, which can be very well founded. [10] He initially studied for one year at the United States Military Academy at West Point before transferring to Columbia University in 2008, graduating with a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology in 2012. 4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 House Vote #293 Sep 23, 2021", "H.R. That also requires being realistic about the political moment, rather than just nodding in agreement to whatever the crowd wants to hear. One of the most consequential votes you took was in January 2021, when you voted to impeach Trump. About Us. "[39], On August 24, 2021, Meijer and Representative Seth Moulton flew unannounced into Hamid Karzai International Airport during the 2021 Taliban offensive amid the evacuation of Americans and allies. Scholten had a cash edge going into the last three weeks with $431,483 in the bank to Meijer's $154,645, according to disclosure reports through Oct. 14. But also, I think, frankly, view it as their responsibility as I do mine to not just throw up your hands and say, "There's nothing we can do." CNBC on Monday reported that Lukoil's president, Vagit Alekperov, is sailing his yacht from Spain to Montenegro as the United States and its allies mull sanctions on the property of Russian oligarchs with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Incumbent Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, fell short in the Republican primary on Tuesday, losing to John Gibbs, a former Trump administration official who has promoted conspiracy theories and said he does not believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected. Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they violently attack the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Representative Peter Meijer attends the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals on March 12, 2022, in Austin, Texas. We can allocate all the money in the world from the federal government. In contrast to what we voted on in the House, where many of the underlying titles, individual senators hadindividual Democratic senators had expressed reservations about and couldn't even support. Mark E. Rizik, the registered agent for Montcalm, did not respond Friday torequests for comment. The brothers remained co-CEOs until 2017; Doug is now a member of the executive board. [63][64], On July 19, 2022, Meijer and 46 other Republican representatives voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law. It should be first and foremost as Americans who denounce and refuse to condone political violence. The Yandex investment is part of Khanna's wife's family trust, established prior to their marriage, and it is "controlled by independent money managers," said Marie Baldassarre, Khanna's spokesperson. You've been very critical of Biden and Democrats for not being more bipartisan. I think it's important that we act and operate with an eye toward substance rather than what we've seen all too often under [House] Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi, [a California Democrat], which is a firm commitment to messaging and style, rather than something that will actually move the needle. Again, I'm a Republican because I look at what has been shown to work and has been effective and in making the American dream something that is an achievable reality for many Americans. But now the Michigan GOP has put forward a number of candidates, such as [secretary of state hopeful] Kristina Karamo and others, who embrace this misinformation. "All decisions related to buying and selling of securities are done so without Josh's approval.". I think we should have policy-oriented conversations rather than a conversationrather than a politics whose goal is to channel the anger of the electorate in a way that best benefits the candidate personally. Stay up to date with what you want to know. That seems like a bipartisan win, but you voted against it. But at the same time, we should be focusing on what can we actually do that both protects our Second Amendment, is constitutional and will be able to be effective. I think it's deeply worrisome when the former elected officials who successfully won statewide in a state like Michigan, when you have a party that actively seeks to purge them. And are you optimistic about the direction politics is going? I think that it is a political imperative and a moral imperative as well", he said. "Conflicted Congress" also found dozens of examples of members of Congress holding stock in companies that clash with their public responsibilities or stated orthodoxies or sat on committees that directly oversee the activities of companies in which they hold shares. "Peter Meijer just doesn't get it, and that makes sense when you remember he has a $50 million trust fund to fall back on.