Tulsi Gabbard

Why don't you just vote this way?

I don't have firsthand experience in this.

I have often questioned the same thing.

I know a big factor is the insider trading that goes on in Congress.

And again, some people will say, well, like, hey, I didn't know anything about this.

I'm just making investments for my family or my wife or my husband is making investments.

I don't know anything about what's going on.

Maybe they're being honest.

Maybe they're not.

But the reality is you're in a position where you're making decisions either in committee or on the House floor.

that influence our markets, that influence the outcomes of certain industries, either causing some to tank or others to skyrocket.

And the mere perception of insider trading shouldn't exist.

This is legislation, again, I introduced in Congress years ago.

No member of Congress should be allowed to do any trading of any stocks.

Neither should their spouse, neither should their senior staff, period.

These are the people who have access to proprietary private information that's not open to everybody in the public or certainly before it becomes public.

And the possibility of the abuse of power in trading on that information should not exist.

It's interesting because as we're seeing, there are some members of Congress who share my view on that, but who are continuing to trade stocks themselves.

The Senate just passed, I think out of committee, its first step legislation that would reflect similar to mine.

I think they're banning members and their spouses.