Hillary J. Scholten
- Previous profession
- Social worker; Lawyer; Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2012 to 2013;
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- Social worker
- Lawyer
- Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2012 to 2013
- Staff, U.S. Department of Justice, 2013 to 2017
- Senior counsel, Miller Johnson, 2021 to 2022
- First public office
- 2022Elected to the 118th Congress on November 8, 2022
- Years in public office
- 3
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Scholten has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.
This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.
The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Scholten is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Scholten votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Scholten votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention, the HALT Fentanyl Act, the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Scholten votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Scholten votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Scholten votes to cancel 3 and against cancelling 21. The rules Scholten votes to cancel come from: Environmental Protection Agency (2) and Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Scholten votes differently from most House Democrats on 5 of 59 Yes and No votes: Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), Yes on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035, Yes on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks, Yes on the law that cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do and Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.
Scholten did not vote on the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act.
Votes on laws that passed
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
The annual defense policy law.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 5 laws.
From the official record
Statements from the official record: Not checked yet. A statement appears here after a person reviews our account of the law or order it is about.
From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
7 excerpts
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“WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03), released the following statement on her vote against the H.R. 5334 Lindsay O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026.”
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Rep. Scholten’s Investing in All of America Act Signed into Law
“WASHINGTON, DC – The Investing in All of America Act, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) and Dan Meuser (R-PA-09), was signed into law on May 19 as Public Law 119-92. Congresswoman Scholten’s new law expands access to capital for small businesses, particularly those in rural and low-income communities and those supporting America’s national security sector.”
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Rep. Scholten Leads Letter Urging President Trump to Address Skyrocketing Energy Prices
“The members highlighted how the Trump administration's policies, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) and chaotic tariffs, are driving these skyrocketing costs.”
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Reps. Scholten, Landsman, Tran Urge President Trump to Take Real Action to Lower Health Care Costs
“Yet, even in a Republican trifecta, you have gutted health care for millions of Americans through H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Instead of renewing proven health care tax credits or presenting a legitimate solution to the health care crisis, your administration has cycled through messaging exercises and stale talking points while costs continue to rise.”
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“We are disappointed that the critical extension of these enhanced tax credits was not included in the final passage of the Senate amendment to H.R. 5371, to reopen our government. With inflation on the rise and tariffs boosting the cost of everyday goods, it is all the more important that Congress extends these credits to ensure families can go into”
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Scholten Statement on House Passage of Republicans’ ‘Big Ugly Bill’
“I just voted no on H.R. 1 for the good people of West Michigan—for our health care, for our children, for our farmers, for our seniors, for our veterans, and for each and every one of you. You need no further evidence of how disastrous this bill will be than the narrow margin by which it passed and the hours”
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“The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA; P.L. 117-169) extended the Sec. 48 ITC through December 31, 2024, to support the deployment of certain clean energy technologies. However, the Department of Treasury’s final rulemaking was not released until December 4, 2024– 27 days before the expiration of the tax credit.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $11,480,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| City of Rockford | Public Law 119-37 | Library Facility ImprovementsRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | MI | $1,000,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e MI City of Grand Harbor Island Treatment RemEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e MI City of Grand Water Resourc Facility UV D Upgrade ProjeEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| Grand Valley State University | Public Law 119-74 | West Michigan Trustworthy AI ConsortiumDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Kent County | Public Law 119-74 | Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC)DOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $750,000 |
| Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority (GFIAA) | Public Law 119-75 | Taxiway B Lighting ReplacementDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | MI | $801,000 |
| MI | Public Law 119-75 | Patterson Avenue ResurfacingDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | MI | $250,000 |
| MI | Public Law 119-75 | Non-motorized, Shared-use Crossing over I- 96 at Forest Hill Avenue, SEDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | MI | $250,000 |
| Grand Rapids--Kent County Convention and Arena Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Grand River Neighborhood Enhancement and Accessibility BridgeDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $250,000 |
| Village of Fruitport | Public Law 119-75 | Village of Fruitport Shoreline Access and Trails--Infrastructu re Upgrades, Expansion and RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $464,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Muskegon County | Public Law 119-75 | Learn. Transform. Thrive: Building a Home for LiteracyDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $500,000 |
| Interurban Transit Partnership | Public Law 119-75 | Central Station Early Childhood Education Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $1,000,000 |
| City of Muskegon Heights | Public Law 119-75 | Broadway Avenue Reconstruction & Streetscape--Phase IIDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $2,000,000 |
| Michigan State Housing Development Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Pleasant Hills Phase 3Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $250,000 |
| Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | Public Law 119-75 | Advanced Manufacturing Training Equipment AcquisitionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | MI | $750,000 |
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Campaign promises
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- Campaign website: www.hillaryscholten.com. The Federal Election Commission’s record of SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS gives this address.Confirmed from the official record
- Pages of www.hillaryscholten.com: none saved. The site gave our reader no page on October 8, 2026.Not checked yet
- 2 Internet Archive copies of www.hillaryscholten.com, the earliest captured November 5, 2024. We ask the Archive for the copy closest to election day, November 5, 2024.From a secondary source
Online ads
No advertiser in the ad libraries we read is tied to this member by an FEC number or an exact name.
Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 7, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.
Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Scholten's campaign reports receiving $2,329,122.24 and reports spending $1,322,263.93, as of July 15, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H0MI03316as of July 15, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H0MI03316as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Money raised (total receipts) | $2,329,122.24 | $5,285,875.86 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $1,322,263.93 | $4,946,506.33 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $1,356,572.91 | $349,714.60 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H0MI03316as of July 15, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H0MI03316as of December 31, 2024 |
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| Individuals, itemized | $1,379,618.05 | $3,217,162.25 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $169,693.61 | $524,790.82 |
| Other political committees | $695,250.00 | $1,358,251.98 |
| Party committees | $1,119.55 | $10,764.49 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- JASON MINNICOZZI FOR CONGRESS Principal campaign committee · 2024 · FEC committee C00783480
- SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00711317
- A PLEASANT PENINSULA PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00841908
Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.
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Reported stock trades
Confirmed from the official recordThe Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 lists no Periodic Transaction Report under this member's name and district.
Source: Periodic Transaction Reports filed with the Clerk of the House. The Clerk's index for 2025 and 2026 was saved October 8, 2026.
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