That admonition rings true today. Four years ago, I led an effort to ban stock trading by members of Congress. Joined with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. For four years, we have tried to convince this chamber to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. Why? Because members of Congress should be serving their communities, their constituents and their country, not their stock portfolios. In that four year span, 48 months, 1,400 days. (01:26–01:38)
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