{"id":23908,"date":"2024-07-24T12:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=23908"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:39:08","slug":"news-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-ban-congressional-stock-trading-passes-key-senate-committee","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/news-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-ban-congressional-stock-trading-passes-key-senate-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Bipartisan Bill to Ban Congressional Stock Trading\u00a0Passes Key Senate Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATCH: Sen. Ossoff remarks in Committee Hearing<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff, colleagues earlier this month announced new bipartisan agreement to ban Congressional stock trading<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Sen. Ossoff first introduced landmark legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 In a historic step, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill to ban stock trading by Members of Congress today passed a key U.S. Senate committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, following years of leadership in Congress, Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill to ban stock trading by Members of Congress passed the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) with bipartisan support \u2014 the first-time a Congressional Stock Trading ban has ever passed a U.S. Senate Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill now advances to the full U.S. Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a historic moment in efforts to reform the ethics laws that govern Congress. Georgians overwhelmingly agree that Members of Congress should not be playing the stock market while we legislate and while we have access to confidential and privileged information,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong> \u201cThis is long overdue and necessary, and today we made historic progress passing my bipartisan bill out of Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to watch Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Remarks in Committee.<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Sen. Ossoff has been leading efforts in Congress for years to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Sen. Ossoff, Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), announced<\/a> that HSGAC, on which Sen. Ossoff serves, would consider the bipartisan compromise in a hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff, a former investigative journalist whose company exposed corruption around the world, has been leading efforts in Congress for years to ban stock trading by Members of Congress and has led by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022<\/a> and again last year, Sens. Ossoff and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced leading legislation to ban stock trading by Members of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls<\/a> repeatedly find the majority of Americans, including Republicans, Independents, and Democrats, overwhelmingly support banning stock trading by Members of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan legislation that passed Committee today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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