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Josh Hawley: “My question to you then is, do you think that other senior members of your Department or any Department in the Executive…”

On the recordApril 19, 2023
My question to you then is, do you think that other senior members of your Department or any Department in the Executive Branch should own individual stock? Why shouldn't we just ban that, like we ought to ban it for Members of Congress?
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Josh Hawley
Republican · Missouri

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Hawley questions the ethics of stock ownership by government officials.

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