Stock trading: his push for a ban
What they say
His office says he has long pushed to ban stock trading by members of Congress, a belief he says he has held since before taking 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 ·
He introduced H.R. 3182 on May 5, 2025 to bar members and spouses from trading stock; it drew no cosponsors and has not moved. He cosponsored Rep. Chip Roy's ban, H.R. 5106, in September 2025. On December 10, 2025 he signed the discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 1908, which would ban members from owning stock, not only trading it. He is an original cosponsor of the Stop Insider Trading Act, H.R. 7008, and voted for it when it passed the House 232-198 on July 22, 2026. The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to take it up on September 30.
Limit: The bill that passed, H.R. 7008, bars buying new stocks; members could keep what they own and sell after 7 to 14 days' public notice. His own trading is on the next card.