Report: Millionaire Congressman Rob Bresnahan owns a secret helicopter

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), who is reportedly worth $69 million, owns a brand new helicopter.

According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records published by NOTUS, Bresnahan purchased a 2024 Robinson R66 helicopter, which is worth at least $1 million. A congressional financial disclosure report reveals that Bresnahan purchased the aircraft late last year through a limited liability company called RPB Ventures LLC.

Notus presented the findings with Bresnahan’s office. A spokesperson for the freshman lawmaker confirmed the purchase was made before Bresnahan was elected last November. Attempts to track Bresnahan’s helicopter on the website FlightAware are met with an error message stating, “This aircraft is not available for public tracking per request from the owner/operator.”

“In emergency situations such as downed power lines or washed-out roads, helicopters play a critical role in inspecting infrastructure and identifying areas in need of urgent repair,” Bresnahan spokesperson Hannah Pope wrote in a statement to NOTUS. “His goal was to work toward a commercial pilot certificate with a rotorcraft-helicopter rating and use the aircraft to provide emergency response and inspection services that help keep seniors warm, hospitals powered, and schools open.”

Bresnahan inherited Kuharchik Construction company from his grandfather. He was appointed the company’s chief financial officer when he was 19 years old.

“Since being elected to Congress, those business plans have been put on hold,” Pope continued. “No taxpayer or campaign funds were used to purchase the aircraft, and no taxpayer or campaign funds are used to store, operate, or maintain the aircraft.”

Bresnahan has failed to publicly acknowledge that he owns the vehicle. While this is not illegal, Bresnahan has seemingly taken steps to conceal it from the public.

“It’s incumbent on members of Congress to be transparent about these kinds of things,” said Philip Hensley-Robin, executive director of Common Cause Pennsylvania. “We don’t know if it’s being used for official purposes, campaign purposes — it’s a mystery.”

In addition to being one of the wealthiest members of Congress, Bresnahan has made hundreds of stock transactions since getting sworn into office in January even though he ran on banning congressional stock trading. Just before voting for President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, Bresnahan dumped his shares in Centene, the country’s largest Medicaid provider.

During an interview with WVIA last month, Bresnahan said he will not stop trading stocks because he doesn’t want to “lose money and go broke.”

Via @WVIATVFM, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), who reportedly has a net worth of $69 million, refuses to tell his stockbrokers to stop making trades while he’s a congressman.

“And then do what with it? Just leave it all in accounts and just leave it there and lose money and go… pic.twitter.com/1NUSn9cYNV

— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) August 1, 2025

Bresnahan has also failed to uphold his promise to put his stocks into a blind trust, which he says has been complicated by House ethics rules.