In @POTUS's #StateOfTheUnion speech tomorrow night, one of the things I'll be listening for is whether President @JoeBiden asks Congress to pass solutions to address congressional stock trading. President @BarackObama made a similar ask to Congress 10 years ago. 1/5
When we elect our representatives and send them to the U.S. Congress (assuming you aren't a resident of Washington, D.C. and don’t have full congressional representation but should!), we want them to make decisions in our best interest — the public interest. 2/5
After all, that’s what we are paying them to do. If we wanted someone to make decisions for the benefit of their own stock portfolio, we might prefer to send them to a stockbroker or financial adviser, not Congress. 3/5
Yet, members of Congress (who make trillion-dollar decisions that affect our economy and our everyday lives) continue to hold and trade stocks while placing few restrictions on themselves, and members’ behavior continues to undermine our public trust. 4/5
Voters have a right to know that their representatives are fulfilling their obligations to public service and not using their position in a way that fosters the appearance of corruption. Our hope at @CampaignLegal is that Congress will finally address this problem for good. 5/5
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