{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-moody-democrats-are-the-party-of-no-continue-to-block-legislation-to-protect-ratepayers-and-ban-stock-trading-in-congress/", "Senator Moody: Democrats are the Party of No, Continue to Block Legislation to Protect Ratepayers and Ban Stock Trading in Congress", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Ashley Moody", "M001244", "www.moody.senate.gov", "moody", "https://www.moody.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 Today, Senator Ashley Moody released the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked The Stop Insider Trading Act, which she cosponsored, and The Ratepayer Protection Act. These two measures would stop Congressional stock trading, institute nationwide voter ID requirements, and ensure families are not stuck paying the costs of potential new data centers.\n\n\u201cThis is exactly why Americans are frustrated with Washington. Democrats had the opportunity to join us in restoring some faith in our government by banning members of Congress from trading stocks and protecting families from paying the costs for massive data centers, and they said NO. Instead of working to benefit the American people, Democrats chose to play politics to solicit praise from the most radical element of their base,\u201d said Senator Ashley Moody.\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nSenator Moody recently took to the Senate floor to seek unanimous consent to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, which passed by the House in bipartisan fashion.\n\nThe Stop Insider Trading Act would generally prohibit Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from purchasing stocks and requiring public notice before selling stocks. The measure would also instate national voter ID requirements.\n\nEarlier this year, Senator Moody introduced the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act to stop insider trading.\n\nSenator Moody has also been a strong advocate for protecting Florida ratepayers and co-sponsored The Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed the House by and overwhelming 417-3 vote.\n\nThis legislation would require state utility regulators and unregulated utilities to consider adopting large load standards ensuring cost recovery for the \u201cfull, incremental\u201d cost of any generation, transmission or distribution upgrade needed to serve the large-load customer.\n\nThe vast majority of Americans support voter ID\u2014according to Pew Research Center, 83% of adults\u2014including 76% of Black Americans and 82% of Hispanic Americans.\n\nAccording to a University of Maryland study, an overwhelming majority of 86% of American favor banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, including 88% of Democrats and 81% of Independents.\n\nBoth measures passed the House, but Senate Democrats blocked them from advancing.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"]], "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.moody.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-moody-democrats-are-the-party-of-no-continue-to-block-legislation-to-protect-ratepayers-and-ban-stock-trading-in-congress/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.155795693397522, "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"}