Crow Pushes Republican Leadership to Hold Vote to Ban Stock Trading for High-Ranking Government Officials
AURORA — Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), Co-Chair of the End Corruption Caucus, is demanding Speaker Johnson bring the Restore Trust in Government Act to the House floor for a vote. Unlike House Republicans’ recent bill that fails to truly crack down on stock trading, this bill would actually ban Members of Congress, the President and Vice President, and their immediate families from trading and owning individual stocks. Despite overwhelming public support for greater accountability and transparency, Speaker Johnson refuses to bring the Restore Trust in Government Act to the floor.
“People at the highest level of our government should not be able to use their office for profit. I don’t own or trade stocks, I ban my office from betting on prediction markets, and I refuse money from corporate special interests because we have to begin restoring trust in our government,” said Congressman Crow. “Speaker Johnson needs to bring the Restore Trust in Government Act to the floor. Republicans’ fake stock trading ban doesn’t actually solve the problem. Instead, it creates loopholes that allow Members of Congress and the President to keep enriching themselves while in office. The American people want real transparency and reform in Washington, and we should give it to them by passing this bill.”
Crow was joined in this letter by Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI) and 32 other House Democrats.
In the letter, Crow, Magaziner, and their colleagues wrote, “We urge you to bring H.R. 6731, the Restore Trust in Government Act to the floor immediately for a vote when the House of Representatives returns from the August recess. The American people deserve a real stock trading ban for politicians in Washington, to end the corruption that lets politicians get rich off of inside information while working people struggle.”
They continued, “The American people are sick of the corruption in Washington. They are sick of paying more for gas, groceries, and healthcare, and Congress doing nothing about it because politicians get rich by profiting from the industries and corporations that keep prices high. They want an end to the corruption and we have a responsibility to deliver on that.”
Crow is an original cosponsor of the TRUST in Congress Act to ban members of Congress and their families from owning or trading stocks. Crow has stood up to special interests and has not taken a dime of corporate PAC money. He has also led outreach to House leadership urging them to ban members and their staff from insider trading on prediction markets. He is leading the fight to root out corruption in our elections, including through his End Dark Money Act to crack down on dark money’s influence on U.S. elections and his bipartisan Shell Company Abuse Act to limit foreign interference in U.S. elections.
A PDF of the letter can be found here, with full text appearing below:
Dear Speaker Johnson,
We urge you to bring H.R. 6731, the Restore Trust in Government Act to the floor immediately for a vote when the House of Representatives returns from the August recess. The American people deserve a real stock trading ban for politicians in Washington, to end the corruption that lets politicians get rich off of inside information while working people struggle.
The bill you have put forth is not that. It is a voter suppression bill and a half-measure on the issue of stock trading in Congress that has no chance of becoming law. It would upend mail-in voting that seniors, rural Americans, and many other Americans rely on, and would throw our elections into chaos right before election day while people are already casting their ballots. We are disappointed that playing politics and attempting to make it harder for eligible Americans to vote has taken precedence over delivering real reform to end the insider trading in Washington.
The “Stop Insider Trading Act” is a ruse that does not end corruption in Washington. It is a watered-down bill that would still allow Members of Congress to own and sell stocks. Washington will never work for the American people if Members of Congress can continue to own and sell stocks in the very industries they are tasked with regulating. And this bill does nothing to stop the biggest stock trader in Washington: President Trump, who in the last year made millions of dollars by trading more stocks than all Members of Congress.
The American people are sick of the corruption in Washington. They are sick of paying more for gas, groceries, and healthcare, and Congress doing nothing about it because politicians get rich by profiting from the industries and corporations that keep prices high. They want an end to the corruption and we have a responsibility to deliver on that. The Restore Trust in Government Act does that by fully banning stock trading by Members of Congress and the President and Vice President. We urge you to find the courage to bring this bill forward for a vote when we return on August 31, 2026.
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