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Has Rob Bresnahan traded individual stocks as a member of Congress?

Not comparable yet. His 2025 reports list over 600 stock and option trades and say advisers decided from August; 2026 reports list only government bond buys, and his 2025 annual report lists individual stocks.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Stock trading: his own trades

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What they say

He says members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks, a belief he says predates his time in office.

“Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks and profit off the information they are entrusted with; this is a belief I have held since before taking office”

What the record shows ·

His 18 stock-trade reports for 2025 list more than 600 trades in individual stocks and options, from January to December 11, 2025. From August 2025 the reports say advisers make the decisions and he has no role. His three 2026 reports list only purchases of government bonds and Treasury notes. His 2025 annual report, filed August 13, 2026, still lists individual stocks among his assets.

Limit: He is talking about what the law should allow. Members could legally trade, and these trades come from his own reports. The count is a hand count of those reports.

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  1. Bresnahan Delivers on Longstanding Push to Ban Congressional Stock Tradinghttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-delivers-longstanding-push-ban-congressional-stock-trading

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of July 22, 2026. Says the bill passed 231-198; the Clerk records 232-198.

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  2. Financial disclosure index, 2025 filings (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Lists 18 periodic transaction reports from Bresnahan for 2025, filed February 13 to December 19, 2025, and his 2025 annual report filed August 13, 2026. Read with each report on October 1, 2026; together the 2025 reports list about 650 transactions, more than 600 of them in individual stocks or options (a hand count of the filed PDFs).

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  3. Periodic transaction report, filing 20024346 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 13, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed February 13, 2025: the first of his 2025 reports, listing stock trades from January 2025.

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  4. Periodic transaction report, filing 20030857 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 25, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed August 25, 2025: the first of his reports to say that professional advisers make his investment decisions. Earlier 2025 reports carry no such statement.

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  5. Periodic transaction report, filing 20033574 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed December 19, 2025. Includes a sale of Kellanova stock on December 11, 2025, the latest individual-stock trade in his 2025 reports. Says an adviser makes his investment decisions.

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  6. Periodic transaction report, filing 20034044 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed February 22, 2026: purchases of a Philadelphia municipal bond and a U.S. Treasury note, both coded [GS].

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  7. Periodic transaction report, filing 20034202 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Mar 18, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed March 18, 2026: purchases of a Parkland School District bond and a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission bond, both coded [GS]. With 20035216 these are his only three 2026 reports in the Clerk's 2026 index (read October 1, 2026); all list government bonds or Treasury notes, no individual stock.

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  8. Periodic transaction report, filing 20035216 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed August 12, 2026: one purchase of a U.S. Treasury note.

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  9. Annual financial disclosure report, 2025, filing 10075331 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed August 13, 2026. Lists individual stocks among his assets, including Digital Realty Trust and Equinix, each $1,001 to $15,000, and Blackstone, $15,001 to $50,000.

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