{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-ricketts-introduce-bill-to-ban-congressional-stock-trading-restore-trust-in-congress/", "Cassidy, Ricketts Introduce Bill to Ban Congressional Stock Trading, Restore Trust in Congress", "2026-03-18", "2026", "2026-03", "Republican", "Senate", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", "cassidy", "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) today introduced the Stop Insider Trading Act to prohibit Members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks and mandate a seven-day public notice period before any stock sales can be executed.\n\n\u201cMembers of Congress shouldn\u2019t cash in on information the public doesn\u2019t have. That\u2019s wrong,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cLet\u2019s put a stop to it.\u201d\n\n\u201cNo lawmaker should ever profit from insider information. Nebraskans send us to Congress to build a better country. Public service is a privilege, not a profit center,\u201d said Senator Ricketts. \u201cTrust in Congress remains at an all-time low. To fix that, we need to prove we are playing by the same rules as everyone else.\u201d\n\nThe Stop Insider Trading Act will:\n\nProhibit Members, spouses, and dependent children from purchasing any new stocks in publicly traded companies.\n\nRequire public notice at least seven days, but no more than 14 days, in advance of any intended sale.\n\nEstablish a penalty of $2,000 or 10% of the investment value, whichever is greater, plus the forfeiture of any net gain realized from the sale.\n\nStop insider trading without preventing successful people from the private sector from serving.\n\nCassidy and Ricketts were joined by U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA), Jon Husted (R-OH), Deb Fisher (R-NE), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Todd Young (R-IN) in introducing the legislation. This is the Senate companion bill to legislation led by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-01T05:41:29Z", "2026-04-01T05:42:36Z"]], "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://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-ricketts-introduce-bill-to-ban-congressional-stock-trading-restore-trust-in-congress/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.804453156888485, "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"}