[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 17 (Thursday, February 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUPPORT THE STOCK ACT

  (Mr. HIMES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to offer my support for 
the STOCK Act, a bill that would make it illegal for Members of 
Congress to trade securities on inside information, a restriction that 
applies to pretty much everybody else. I'm a proud cosponsor of that 
act, but only partly proud. I'm, frankly, embarrassed that legislation 
is necessary to prohibit insider trading by all of us.
  I urge the Republican leadership to bring that bill to the floor now. 
Don't make us go through petitions and this and that and the other 
thing. Let's bring it to the floor now. And I urge the other body, the 
United States Senate, to move it now. My understanding is that Senators 
are attaching constitutional amendments and other irrelevant provisions 
to a bill that should be a ``no-brainer.''
  If we can't get this done, we will have earned the scorn of the 
American people.

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