[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H516-H517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RESTORING AMERICANS' TRUST IN GOVERNMENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California (Mr.  Robert Garcia) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my 
colleagues to pass the TRUST Act to ban individual stock trading by 
Members of Congress and their spouses.
  Now, Representatives are elected to serve their communities back 
home, and this bill builds trust and makes important reforms. While the 
American people are working hard to keep

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their small businesses afloat and keep food on the table, the last 
thing Members of Congress should be doing is trading stocks with any 
inside information.
  As we work to restore Americans' trust in government, this is a 
commonsense step in ensuring that Americans throughout the country have 
no doubt about the work that we were sent here to do. This bill ensures 
more transparency in our government and is another step forward as we 
make our Congress more accountable to the people.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored that this is my first cosponsored bill in 
the House.

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