{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-urges-senate-to-pass-stop-insider-trading-act/", "Young Urges Senate to Pass Stop Insider Trading Act", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s floor speech**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks.\n\nTo watch Young\u2019s full speech, click here.\n\nSenator Young\u2019s full remarks as prepared for delivery:\n\nI am here today to reiterate my support for the Stop Insider Trading Act and to urge my colleagues to support this important bill.\n\nIn order to make the best policy decisions possible, Members of Congress are provided access to information most Americans are not.\n\nWe receive briefings, write legislation, and serve on committees with jurisdiction over major sectors of our economy.\n\nBut serving as a Member of Congress comes with a responsibility to put public interest ahead of personal gain.\n\nWe have an obligation to put the interests of the people we represent ahead of our own.\n\nNo Member of Congress should profit from insider information.\n\nThere is a reason that can be difficult: members who write the rules are also subject to them.\n\nAllowing members to actively trade individual stocks creates an obvious conflict. Even when no law is broken, the appearance of a conflict is damaging.\n\nAnd without a doubt, some serving in Congress today benefit financially from the current system.\n\nBut that should not prevent Congress from supporting a change that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe is needed and necessary.\n\nRecent polling shows that 86% of Americans favor banning Members of Congress from trading stocks.\n\nRepublicans and Democrats disagree on so many issues, but Americans across the political spectrum agree that their elected representatives should not be able to use the privileges of public office for personal financial gain.\n\nThis sentiment is echoed across Indiana. I regularly hear from Hoosiers who are troubled about those serving in Congress profiting from their positions.\n\nHere\u2019s the bottom line: the American people should not have to wonder whether votes in Congress are influenced by what is best for the country or by what is best for the investment portfolios of those serving in Congress.\n\nThe Stop Insider Trading Act will help ensure that Congress plays by the same rules as everyone else.\n\nIt would prevent Members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing individual stocks and strengthen disclosure and enforcement requirements.\n\nThis legislation is a step in the right direction, and it\u2019s what the people we represent want us to do.\n\nTrust in Congress remains at an all-time low. Passing this bill will help restore some level of trust in Congress and those who serve.\n\nLet\u2019s do the right thing, support this bill, and put an end to swamp trading.", 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.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-urges-senate-to-pass-stop-insider-trading-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0539689101278782, "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"}