Other Views: Congressional insider trading violations are outrageous
Brian Baird, who represented southwest Washington in Congress from 1999-2011, isn’t buying the excuses. Neither should the American people.
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Brian Baird, who represented southwest Washington in Congress from 1999-2011, isn’t buying the excuses. Neither should the American people.
Disclosure shows the former house speaker bought call options on Nov. 22.
Republican Rep. John Curtis of Utah, who is weighing a Senate bid to replace Mitt Romney in 2024, has a long history of lucrative stock trading.
Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, responded to accusations that he sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of Boeing stock in the weeks before Congress released a critical report on the aerospace company.
The trades were viewed in a colored light, primarily because Whitehouse is a member of the Senate Committee on Environment.