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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The President should be held to the same standard [as…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Senator Gillibrand on cross-party effort to end stock trading by lawmakers

Published | Video Starts at 01:42

… 500 on their stock trades and they're just not doing what they're supposed to be doing with disclosing it. So I decided, as many members of Congress have decided, and … The President should be held to the same standard [as Congress] and shouldn't be able to buy and sell stocks. … is just working for them. Not working to line their own pockets, not working to make a buck. Democrats would love to ban stock trading by not just members of Congress, but all administration senior administration officials. (01:42–01:54)

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Asserts that the President should be prohibited from trading stocks like Congress members.

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