On people who blame Trump for high prices (January 2026)
People go nuts, they lose their mind. I do believe there is this Trump derangement.
Raising your costs
Rogers supported massive price hikes for you, then said deal with it.
As costs climb for gas, groceries, and health care thanks to the Rogers-Trump agenda, Mike Rogers mocked the people paying them.
On Trump's economy
Told Michiganders they should feel “pretty optimistic” about Trump's economy, and said “I think [Michiganders] feel that the president is going in the right direction” on affordability.
On whether families are paying more
Working families [are] not paying more.
On groceries
Oh my gosh, coffee went up. You know, horror.
On gas prices
We're gonna be fine, we got plenty of oil.
On paying more for health care
If you go up and have to pay the doctor $50 for your annual physical, that's probably okay.
On tariffs
The shoe is going to pinch every once in a while.
Tariffs
Called Trump's tariffs “masterful” and claimed manufacturing jobs were returning. Heartland Signal calls that claim statistically false.
Heartland Signal, 9/10/25 · Washington Post, 2/4/26 · Detroit News, 8/24/25
The Big Beautiful Bill
260,000
Backed Trump's Big Beautiful Bill: about $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, 260,000 Michiganders at risk of losing coverage, and rural hospitals at risk of closing.
Heartland Signal, 10/21/25 · Michigan Advance, 7/30/25 · Michigan Advance, 8/28/25 · Center for American Progress
ACA subsidies
Opposed extending ACA subsidies as premiums are set to double for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders.
In Big Pharma's pocket
Rogers: Bankrolled by Big Pharma. Voting for Big Pharma.
More than $1 million from the industry, and Mike has the record to match.
Campaign cash
$1M+
Took more than $1 million from the pharmaceutical and health products industry for his campaigns and PAC since 1999.
In his own words
Called himself a “champion” for Big Pharma, and was a “leading advocate” for boosting opioid prescriptions while taking industry money.
Medicare drug prices
Repeatedly voted against letting Medicare negotiate lower drug prices. He said he is “passionately against” it and called it “sugar high politics.”
Opioids
His opioid legislation did not include penalties for doctors who overprescribe.
Suing drug makers
Cosponsored a Michigan bill that made it harder to sue drug makers.
Social Security and Medicare
Said the government should “rethink” Social Security and Medicare, including by raising the retirement age.
His leaked health care plan
Would bring back high-risk pools and end no-cost preventive care.
Backing the war with Iran
He backed Trump's war. You're paying at the pump.
Rogers called the war a “win-win-win,” and told Michiganders they'd be “fine.”
On the Iran war
Absolutely right… a win-win-win for us.
On gas prices
We're gonna be fine, we got plenty of oil.
On giving Trump the authority to continue
I don't mind giving the president the authority to continue.
On the cost
Said “most Americans” agree the higher gas prices are worth it.
On people paying at the pump
Mocked people “screaming and thumping their chest” over gas prices.
On the strain on families
Said the financial strain on Michiganders was “absolutely not” avoidable.
On where things stand
We are better off today than we were when it started.
He's always backed the surveillance state.
- 2001Voted for the Patriot Act, which passed 357–66. House roll call 398
- 2008Voted for the FISA overhaul (293–129) and called warnings that it would spy on Americans “fear mongering.” House roll call 437
- 2008Voted for the final law with the shield protecting phone companies from lawsuits over warrantless spying, after voting against the House version that had no such shield. House roll call 145
- 2006–07Voted three times against requiring a court order to wiretap Americans. Roll calls 107, 295 and 339
- 2013As Intelligence Committee chair, led the fight to keep collecting Americans' phone records. The amendment to stop it lost 205–217. House roll call 412
- 2014Voted against barring warrantless searches of Americans' emails, texts and photos. It passed the House anyway, then leaders dropped it. House roll call 327
- 2013“You can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated.” C-SPAN video
- After CongressEarned $363,289 in two years as a director of IronNet, a cyber firm founded by the former head of the NSA. SEC filing
Votes checked against the House Clerk's roll-call records. More at MikeIsWatching.com.
Cashing in on data centers
Mike Rogers has money riding on the data center boom.
He stands to profit off data centers.
AI-linked holdings
$1.7M–$2.6M
Rogers and his wife hold between $1.7 million and $2.6 million in companies positioned to benefit from AI development and policies that make data centers easier to build.
A data center bet
29%
Holds $100,001–$250,000 in Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, where data centers are 29% of the portfolio, up from 1% in 2020.
His “cyber fortune”: Forgepoint Capital
$150K–$350K
Rogers and his wife advised Forgepoint Capital, a venture firm backing AI and cybersecurity startups. His 2025 disclosure lists investments in two Forgepoint funds worth $150,002 to $350,000. Its cybersecurity portfolio companies have received millions of dollars in federal contracts.
Campaign money
Raised about $148,000–$150,000 from donors with AI or data center ties, including $34,500 from seven Blackstone executives and $6,950 from Forgepoint's co-founder.
Where he stands now
Rogers now says he supports a one-year pause on new data centers. His campaign did not respond when asked whether he'd divest.
Selling out Michiganders
Rogers left Congress and cashed in — and sold you out.
Net worth: $380,000 in 2013. $14.6 million in 2025.
His fortune
$14.6M
Net worth rose from $380,000 in 2013 to $14.6 million in 2025 after “advising companies on issues he dealt with in Congress.”
The revolving door
Voted against a House resolution to help close the “revolving door” he later used to get rich.
AT&T and Huawei
Worked for AT&T as “Chief Security Adviser” while it sought a deal to sell Huawei products in the U.S. His campaign wouldn't release what he earned.
Telefónica
$94,241
Earned $94,241 on Telefónica's advisory board from 2018 to 2024. In 2022 the company admitted helping Maduro's government spy on its customers in Venezuela.
A taxpayer-funded pension
$275,000
Collected as much as $275,000 from his taxpayer-funded Michigan Legislature pension despite a $14.6 million net worth.
The Florida home
Bought a 4,751-square-foot, $1.7 million home in Cape Coral, Florida in 2022 and claimed a $50,000 homestead exemption there.
Detroit Metro Times, 7/9/26 · Michigan Democratic Party, 5/26/26
Private jets
$93,152
His campaign spent $93,152 on private charter flights in September and more than $100,000 on luxury travel last quarter.
