Rep. Hank Johnson's statement on passage of the STOCK Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson released the following statement today on passage of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. The STOCK Act seeks to ban profiting from insider information by Members of Congress and staff as well as the other branches of government:

“I’m proud to support the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge or STOCK Act, which prohibits members of Congress, their staff, executive branch employees, and any other person from trading stocks based on information not available to the public. Although I have a few reservations about House Republican attempts to water down the bill, I trust the final bill will be improved and strengthened when it comes out of the conference committee.”

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