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Joe Neguse: “I have heard virtually every excuse in the book from some of…”

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

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Joe Neguse and Seth Magaziner Advocate for Congressional Stock Trading Ban

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

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. Let's just put a bill on the floor to ban it. Period. (03:18–03:30)

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