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March 03, 2021


CONGRESSMAN JOE NEGUSE LEADS EFFORT TO STOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM TRADING
STOCKS, PROFITING OFF OF INSIDER INFORMATION

Ban Conflicted Trading Act comes amid growing calls for government
accountability, would end corrupt trading activities by members of Congress and
senior staff 

Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse teamed up with U.S. Senators Jeff
Merkley, Rafael Warnock (D-GA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Raja
Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Matt Gaetz
(R-FL-1), and Michael Cloud (R-TX-27) to introduce the Ban Conflicted Trading
Act—legislation that is supported by the majority of Democratic, Independent,
and Republican voters and would prohibit members of Congress and senior
congressional staff from abusing their positions for personal financial gain.

Recent polling shows that 67% of Americans support banning Members of Congress
from holding individual stocks.

“As Americans are faced with challenging economic circumstances due to the
pandemic, it is our duty to ensure that the needs of working families are put
first. We must ensure that Members of Congress are working in the interest of
the American people, not in the interest of their personal stock portfolios,”
said Congressman Neguse. “Enacting this common-sense legislation will ensure
that elected officials are not using their position in office to make a personal
profit, which is why I’m proud to lead the Ban Conflicted Trading Act alongside
Congressman Krishnamoorthi and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez in the House.”

“We need to end the era in which members of congress buy and see individual
stocks for personal gain. This practice is deeply corrupt,” said Senator
Merkley. “First, it biases the viewpoint of members when working on legislation
related to a stock they own. Second, members trade on information they hear that
the general public doesn’t. And that’s just wrong. Let’s bring some integrity to
Congress and end the trading in individual stocks.” 

“There is an unavoidable potential conflict of interest when Members of Congress
and their top staffers trade in stocks while making decisions affecting the
value of those stocks,” said Congressman Krishnamoorthi. “Our legislation will
eliminate even the possibility of these conflicts of interest and ensure public
servants put their constituents first by banning members and their senior aides
from trading individual stocks.”

 “Members of Congress serve the American people, not their stock portfolios,”
said Senator Brown. “Elected officials have access to nonpublic information that
can affect individual companies and entire industries. There must be more
accountability and transparency to prevent members from using this information
and abusing their positions for personal gain.”

“From the beginning I’ve said that Washington is broken. Congress must be held
accountable to the American people,” said Congressman Cloud. “As elected
representatives, we each have a constitutional obligation to honor the public
trust we have been given. Members of Congress should not be permitted to abuse
the role in order to make financial gains.”

The Ban Conflicted Trading Act would bar members of Congress and senior
congressional staff—who often have advance notice of investigations, hearings,
and legislation that can impact stock prices, or can move markets by hinting at
policy changes—from buying or selling individual stocks and other investments,
and from serving on any corporate boards, while in office.

New members would be allowed to sell individual holdings within six months of
being elected, and sitting members of Congress would be allowed to sell
individual holdings within six months after enactment of the bill.
Alternatively, members of Congress could choose to hold existing investments
while in office—with no option for trading until they leave office—or transfer
them to a blind trust. Members of Congress would still be allowed to hold
widely-held investments, such as diversified mutual funds and exchange-traded
funds.

The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5), Mark
Takano (D-CA-41), Jan Shackowksy (D-IL-9), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC),
Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13),
Mark Pocan (D-WI-2), Jackie Speier (D-CA-14), and Ted Deutsch (D-FL-22) in the
House.

Full text of the legislation is available here.

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