Virginia Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria called the push to ban lawmakers’ from trading stocks “bullshit,” saying that it fed a false narrative that members of Congress are “inherently bad or corrupt,” Punchbowl News reported.
“We already have the STOCK Act that requires people to report stock trades,” Luria told Punchbowl News. “Why would you assume – I mean, the people that you’re electing to represent you, it makes no sense that you’re going to automatically assume that they’re going to use their position for some nefarious means or to benefit themselves. So I’m very strongly opposed to any legislation like that.”
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