We have a commitment from House leadership that if we do that, we'll move this to the floor and then we have an opportunity to dramatically change law. What does our bill do? It does three key things. One, It prevents members from buying new stock once they become a member of Congress. The member of Congress arrives, they had stock in their portfolio. They need to provide 7 days advance notice of any potential sale of that stock. (00:34–00:40)
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