Members of Congress shouldn’t be able to engage in insider trading. It’s really common sense.
That’s why everyone from AOC to Matt Gaetz are getting together behind a new bill -- the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act -- to ban members of Congress and their families from insider stock trading.
When Members of Congress trade individual stocks, people are right to question whether their decisions are for the public good or their own personal benefit. During the height of COVID, we saw senators leave briefings and trade stocks -- even investing in body bags.
Members of Congress often get detailed briefings the public may not have access to for days, weeks, or even months. This information can be about investigations, hearings, policy changes, supply chain issues, new technologies -- or even as we’ve seen these past few years -- global pandemics and looming bank failures.
But all too often, we’ve seen that instead of using this information to help American families, Members of Congress have used their positions to make lucrative stock trading decisions that benefit themselves.
The Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government, supported by Democrats and Republicans, is our best chance in a very long time to restore some trust that members of Congress are working for the people -- not their pocketbooks.
In solidarity,
-- Team AOC
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