Government accountability: a stock-trading ban
What they say
She says she wants an outright ban on stock trading in Congress, covering all politicians, with criminal penalties.
“I want a real stock trading ban in Congress: no trades outright, including all politicians, with real jail time as punishment.”
In their own words, dated
“I will support a real ban and real accountability.”
What the record shows ·
She is one of six Senate sponsors of Senate File 557 (2025), a bill restricting transactions in covered financial instruments by members of the Iowa general assembly, legislative staff and their immediate family on the basis of nonpublic information, and providing penalties; it was introduced and referred to State Government on March 6, 2025, assigned a subcommittee on March 11, and went no further.
Limit: A state bill covering state legislators is not the congressional ban she calls for, and no state senate seat can legislate one; the state bill turns on trading on the basis of nonpublic information rather than the outright ban with jail time her statement describes, and it did not advance out of committee. The check covers the descriptions the Legislature publishes for all 223 bills and resolutions it lists for her across the 89th, 90th and 91st General Assemblies; a floor amendment would not appear.