Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) also plan to co-sponsor the bill, which comes in the wake of allegations that multiple senators profited off the COVID-19 pandemic by selling their stocks after attending closed-door briefings shortly before markets crashed.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and two of her House colleagues announced on Monday plans to introduce a bill that would bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
"Members of Congress should not be allowed to buy and sell individual stock," said Ocasio-Cortez in areached out to Ocasio-Cortez for additional comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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