'When members have access to classified information, we should not be trading in the stock market on it,' said RepAOC. 'It's really that simple.'
"We all view this as a critical first step to return the House of Representatives back to the people."
As Trevor Potter, president of the Campaign Legal Center and former chair of the Federal Election Commission,last September,"Congress passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act into law 10 years ago, but the STOCK Act did not decrease the appearance of corruption that arises when members of Congress engage in suspicious stock trades."
"The ability to individually trade stock erodes the public's trust in government," asserted Ocasio-Cortez."When members have access to classified information, we should not be trading in the stock market on it. It's really that simple."
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