Political Quotes

“It has been exactly 1 year since Speaker Johnson said that he supports a stock-trading ban for Members of Congress. One year, and what has happened? Absolutely nothing. We need to pass a congressional stock-trading ban because it is not fair that Members of Congress have access to inside information that influences major industries--the pharmaceutical industry, the tech industry, and others--and can trade off of that information that average Americans don't have. By the way, Members of Congress should not be conflicted when making decisions about how to legislate. The overwhelming majority of the American people want this reform. They understand that we have a corruption problem in Washington. If a bill were brought to the floor today, it would pass overwhelmingly. I have a bipartisan bill along with Chip Roy, and Members on both the left, right, and center: Pramila Jayapal, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Tim Burchett. We have a great bill with over 100 cosponsors. We could vote on that today, and it would pass. We have got a discharge petition. We can get this done. We need a Speaker with the courage to do the right thing and call a vote.”