What should never be allowed is the member of Congress in this example, calling the investment advisor and saying, hey, trade this, trade that. I think that is totally wrong and out of bounds. We have information that the public doesn't have. I do not initiate trades. I don't think any membership and who initiates it. Because if your advisor calls you and says, I think you should do this, are you not feeding back opinion and … (1:04:56)
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Asserts that lawmakers have access to non-public information and he does not initiate trades.
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