David Rouzer
Republican
· NC-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Credit · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · Risk Management · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
62.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -5.7
vs 118th (68.2)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
6.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$10,406
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
13.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,506 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $39.77M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $80K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 46.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 57.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$69,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$51,000
Total from all networks
$2,664,587
Networks contributing
402
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Who funds Rouzer
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
93.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
1
Money that arrived near votes
$3K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.20%
Biggest clusters of timed money
MERIDIEN MARKETING AND LOGISTICS
$3K
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.06M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David Rouzer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12K
Disclosed outside spending
$1K
Dark-money outside spending
$10K
Share that is dark money
89.25%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$10K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
FOR JUDICAL FAIRNESS PROJECT; THE
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
Groups that hide their donors
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
144 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.30M to David Rouzer across 280 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.30M
Shared contributors
144
Contributions
280
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50 | 59 | $104K |
| 2024 | 91 | 158 | $950K |
| 2026 | 54 | 63 | $244K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for David Rouzer or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KYLE SANDERS | Special Assistant for Economic Development/Deputy Chief of Staff, Sen. Thom Till… | THORN RUN PARTNERS | 28 | 142 | 2023–2025 |
| IAN WHITSON | Legislative Director, Rep. David Rouzer; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep.David… | FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 1 | 2 | 2023–2025 |
| JEFFREY BUTLER | Chief of Staff, former Rep. Patrick McHenry (NC-10); Adviser, Rep. David Rouzer … | VISA INC. | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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David Rouzer sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required