House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on July 16 that any congressional stock trading ban Democrats would support should extend beyond Congress to the president and his administration, days before Republicans are expected to bring their own version to the House floor.
“If Republicans were serious about cleaning up corruption in this town, they would start at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” Jeffries said at a news conference on July 16, when asked how Democrats would answer Republicans who could use the vote against them in the midterm elections.
“House Democrats are going to hold him accountable and are going to clean up corruption and make sure that when we pass a stock trading ban, it will apply to members of Congress, along with the president, the vice president, and members of his corrupt administration.”…
Jeffries Says House Democrats Oppose Any GOP Stock Trading Ban That Doesn’t Cover President, Cabinet
