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The Chris Cuomo Project

Why Members of Congress NEED to Be Banned from Trading Stocks

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chris Cuomo makes the case for banning members of Congress from trading stocks, breaking down the ethical failures, political excuses, and bipartisan corruption that allow lawmakers to profit off legislation. From the Pivot Act and cybersecurity investments to Nancy Pelosi’s trades and the toothless STOCK Act, Cuomo explains why the current system fails the smell test and what a simple rule change could do to restore trust in public service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You want to fight? You want to fight for a change that really matters? I have a change that would

0:36.6

absolutely make our government more trustworthy

0:40.8

and more about you.

0:49.6

I'm Chris Cuomo. Welcome to the Chris Cuomo project. This is not something anyone in Congress wants, and that's exactly why we need it.

0:57.9

And you know what it is? A very simple rule change. It's been proposed before. It has always stalled or died. And in fact, it's stalled right now. And you know what it is?

1:09.7

Members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks.

1:16.3

There it is. They should not be in the investment game when they are in public service.

1:22.2

They should have to wait. And whatever investments they have should be put in a trust, a blind trust,

1:29.9

where whoever is running it does not communicate with them, and it's about preservation

1:35.2

of assets. Well, that's not fair. Who said anything about fair? Do you want to serve or not?

1:43.1

The conflict standard is semblance of impropriety.

1:49.3

All right?

1:49.6

Those are big words to say a very simple thing.

1:52.6

Smell test.

1:54.3

How does it smell if these men and women can trade in the same companies

1:59.7

whose fates they control with legislation.

2:03.0

How?

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