But the one cautionary note I would offer, Mr. Speaker, is that in that four year span, as I mentioned, this journey, this battle that we have waged, again, colleagues of mine on both sides of the aisle, to ban stock trading. I have heard virtually every excuse in the book from some of my colleagues. It's too complicated. There are competing bills. The legislative text is complex. This is very simple. Just ban it. Not five years from now, not next year. (03:08–03:14)
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Asserts that colleagues have provided numerous excuses against banning stock trading by Congress members.
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