{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-helps-launch-end-corruption-caucus", "Pappas Helps Launch End Corruption Caucus", "2026-05-29", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "House", "NH", "Chris Pappas", "P000614", "pappas.house.gov", "pappas", "https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) helped launch the End Corruption Caucus. This new caucus will work to advance legislation, bring together like-minded partners, and aim to root out corruption in government to restore the American people\u2019s trust in their leaders.\n\n\"Trust in our government is nearing historic lows. We must root out corruption in our government, bring greater transparency to our elections, and restore Americans\u2019 faith that their voices will be heard in our democracy,\u201d said Congressman Pappas. \u201cOur country faces incredibly difficult times under an administration only focused on enriching themselves and their political allies. With the End Corruption Caucus, we\u2019re focused on fighting back. Let\u2019s end stock trading by public officials, end shadow lobbying and its revolving door, get dark money out of politics, and make sure the government is always accountable to the people.\u201d\n\nPappas helped launch the caucus alongside Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49), Congressman Wesley Bell (MO-01), and Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17).\n\nBackground:\n\nSince being elected to Congress, Pappas has stood up to special interests and is leading the fight to root out corruption in our elections, including through his DISCLOSE Act to crack down on dark money\u2019s influence on U.S. elections.\n\nPappas has led the fight against Members of Congress from trading stocks. Pappas has repeatedly broken with his own party in support of the stock trading ban. Following his advocacy in 2022, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi reversed course and announced legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress would be considered by the House. Pappas led a bipartisan call for a vote on legislation to ban stock trading by members of Congress. In 2023, He joined 20 of his colleagues in calling for leaders of the House Committee on Administration to hold a markup on legislation that would prohibit Members of Congress from trading stocks. Pappas has also fought to change the rules of the House to include a ban on trading stocks by members of Congress.\n\nIn 2025, Pappas helped introduce the TRUST in Congress Act and cosponsors the Restore Trust in Congress Act, bills that would ban Members of Congress from trading stocks, and supported the bipartisan effort to force a vote on the latter. He also helped introduce the No Getting Rich in Congress Act, legislation toban stock trading by public officials and their families, prohibit lobbying on behalf of foreign adversaries, closes loopholes and regulates shadow lobbying, and extends existing ethics rules to spouses and dependents.", 1, "2026-06-26T06:29:35Z", "2026-06-26T06:31:46Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-helps-launch-end-corruption-caucus"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5767300501465797, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}