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Featuring: Joe Neguse, Democratic | U.S. House Colorado, 2nd Congressional District

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"It Does Not Ban The Selling!": Joe Neguse Grills Bryan Steil on Stop Insider Trading Act

Published | Video Starts at 01:24

I'm not sure that you can do that in the timeline you just proposed. And that would be legal under this? This isn't a hypothetical. A Republican senator, seven, eight days before, nine days before the COVID 19 pandemic began in earnest, sold millions, millions of dollars of stock under this bill. That would not be illegal. Right, but of course they would provide notice. That's the part that you don't want to discuss. I understand the notice, but here's what I don't understand. Why. (01:24–01:37)

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