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On the recordAugust 13, 2025
I am going to start pushing for this single-stock trading ban, because it is the credibility of the House and the Senate, that you look at some of these eye-popping returns, whether it’s Representative Pelosi, Senator Wyden, every hedge fund would be jealous of them.
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Scott Bessent

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Bessent discusses the need for a ban on single-stock trading by Congress members.

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