Nancy Pelosi
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“We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that.”
“I'm okay with that. If members want to do that, I'm okay with that.”
Pelosi initially opposed the stock trading ban while her husband was actively trading in stocks that could be affected by legislation she influenced, then reversed only after intense public pressure without acting on it
“Pelosi supported the STOCK Act requiring disclosure of congressional stock trades to prevent insider trading.”
“Pelosi and her husband purchased 5,000 shares of Visa stock at IPO price of $44/share while legislation Visa opposed was before the House, making approximately $100,000 as the stock rose to $64/share within two days.”
Supported anti-insider-trading legislation for Congress while her family's trading patterns appeared to benefit from her position, including receiving IPO access while related legislation was pending