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Tom Cotton: “No one, especially members of Congress, should profit from insider information. I voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2026
No one, especially members of Congress, should profit from insider information. I voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act to rid Congress of this corruption and ensure we all play by the same rules as every law-abiding Arkansan. The Democrats who blocked it went back on their word to protect their own wallets—they should be ashamed of themselves.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Statement on voting for the Stop Insider Trading Act.

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