{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-gillibrand-introduce-landmark-bill-banning-stock-trading-and-ownership-congress-executive/", "Hawley, Gillibrand to Introduce Landmark Bill Banning Stock Trading and Ownership by Congress, Executive Branch Officials and Their Families", "2023-07-19", "2023", "2023-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) will introduce the bipartisan Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act. The legislation would create stringent stock trading bans and disclosure requirements for Congress, senior executive branch officials, and their spouses and dependents. The bill bans stock trading, stock ownership, and blind trusts; imposes heavy penalties for executive branch stock trading; requires reporting of federal benefits; creates additional transparency in financial disclosure reports; and increases transaction report penalties under the original STOCK Act.\n\n\u201cPoliticians and civil servants shouldn\u2019t spend their time day-trading and trying to make a profit at the expense of the American public, but that\u2019s exactly what so many are doing,\u201d said Senator Hawley. \u201cMy bill with Senator Gillibrand is common sense: ban elected and executive branch officials from trading or holding stocks, and put the American public first.\u201d\n\n\u201cSunlight is the best disinfectant. It is critical that the American people know that their elected leaders are putting the public first \u2013 not looking for ways to line their own pockets,\u201d said Senator Gillibrand. \u201cThe landmark Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act bars members of Congress, executive branch officials and their families from holding or trading stocks, increases disclosure requirements and imposes harsh penalties on violators. This bill is the most substantive bipartisan effort to date and I\u2019m going to work hard alongside Senator Hawley to get it signed into law.\u201d\n\nThe Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act includes the following provisions:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:25:20Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-gillibrand-introduce-landmark-bill-banning-stock-trading-and-ownership-congress-executive/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4676242135465145, "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"}