Sens. Gillibrand, Hawley Bring Bipartisan Bill to Block Lawmakers, Executive Branch Leaders From Stock Trading

(Left) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand attends the 25th annual Brooklyn tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 17, 2011. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images), (Right) Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Leadership Summit in National Harbor, Md., on Apr. 20, 2023. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times

Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are bringing forward a new bill to block their fellow U.S. lawmakers, senior officials in the executive branch, and their spouses and dependents from owning stocks while in office.

On Wednesday, the two Senators announced they intend to co-sponsor a bipartisan bill, to be named the Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act, to heavily regulate investing by members of government.