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James Talarico: “Lawmakers in our nation's capital should not be buying and…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 1:24:21

We've got to tighten up the system so we can actually have a political system that responds to people and not billionaires. And then I want to go further on ethics and transparency. I don't think Lawmakers in our nation's capital should not be buying and selling stocks, especially engaging in insider trading. which we've seen in both political parties. Yes, we got to end that. We got to put an outright ban on that. These are just some of my ideas, but I'm very open to others. (1:24:21–1:24:30)

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