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Elaine Luria: “At first, I thought, well, you know, you elect people to Congress, they make important decisions. Don’t you trust them?…”

On the recordJune 20, 2026
At first, I thought, well, you know, you elect people to Congress, they make important decisions. Don’t you trust them? And will you trust them with personal finances? And I came to see that, over time, really everything that Congress is doing has eroded that trust.
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Elaine Luria
Democratic · Virginia

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Luria reflects on public trust regarding Congress and stock trading.

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