Who trades what their committee covers
In this Congress, 50 sitting members disclosed 536 buys of stocks in the industries their own committees cover. Pick a committee to see who and what.
Most buys in their own committee's area
| Committee | Buys in its area | Members | Bought by the most members |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Financial Services Committee | 154 | 8 | $V |
| House Armed Services Committee | 77 | 4 | $PLTR |
| House Science Committee | 62 | 5 | $TDG |
| Senate HELP Committee | 62 | 2 | $AZN |
| House Transportation Committee | 35 | 5 | $DE |
| House Energy and Commerce Committee | 26 | 8 | $AMZN |
| House Foreign Affairs Committee | 25 | 5 | $BA |
| Senate Commerce Committee | 21 | 5 | $GOOG |
| House Agriculture Committee | 17 | 3 | $GIS |
| House Homeland Security Committee | 14 | 2 | $MSA |
Sitting members, buys in this Congress from the official filings, matched by the company's industry. A seat and a buy side by side say nothing about why the buy was made.
Scan with your phone's cameraOpens the App Store or Google Play.House committees
- House Agriculture Committee14 of 53 members · 1,986 trades
- House Appropriations Committee23 of 63 members · 2,040 trades
- House Armed Services Committee17 of 57 members · 17,473 trades
- House Budget Committee15 of 37 members · 734 trades
- House Education and Workforce Committee9 of 37 members · 2,280 trades
- House Energy and Commerce Committee24 of 54 members · 1,607 trades
- House Ethics Committee4 of 10 members · 87 trades
- House Financial Services Committee24 of 53 members · 4,664 trades
- House Foreign Affairs Committee21 of 53 members · 5,908 trades
- House Homeland Security Committee14 of 33 members · 5,969 trades
- House Administration Committee4 of 12 members · 608 trades
- House Intelligence Committee9 of 27 members · 1,872 trades
- House Judiciary Committee17 of 44 members · 1,961 trades
- House Natural Resources Committee16 of 45 members · 809 trades
- House Oversight Committee18 of 47 members · 16,371 trades
- House Rules Committee4 of 13 members · 234 trades
- House Science Committee20 of 40 members · 1,533 trades
- House Small Business Committee10 of 26 members · 2,580 trades
- House China Committee11 of 24 members · 16,104 trades
- House Transportation Committee24 of 67 members · 1,985 trades
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee3 of 25 members · 161 trades
- House Ways and Means Committee23 of 45 members · 1,212 trades
Senate committees
- Senate Agriculture Committee11 of 23 members · 1,410 trades
- Senate Aging Committee6 of 13 members · 1,369 trades
- Senate Appropriations Committee12 of 28 members · 784 trades
- Senate Armed Services Committee12 of 27 members · 2,214 trades
- Senate Banking Committee13 of 24 members · 571 trades
- Senate Budget Committee8 of 20 members · 415 trades
- Senate Commerce Committee14 of 28 members · 668 trades
- Senate Energy Committee7 of 20 members · 529 trades
- Senate Environment Committee9 of 18 members · 986 trades
- Senate Ethics Committee1 of 6 members · 5 trades
- Senate Finance Committee8 of 27 members · 241 trades
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee10 of 22 members · 760 trades
- Senate HELP Committee8 of 23 members · 1,610 trades
- Senate Homeland Security Committee7 of 15 members · 1,431 trades
- Senate Indian Affairs Committee5 of 11 members · 793 trades
- Senate Intelligence Committee7 of 21 members · 212 trades
- Senate Judiciary Committee10 of 21 members · 1,305 trades
- Senate Rules Committee8 of 17 members · 734 trades
- Senate Small Business Committee9 of 19 members · 233 trades
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee11 of 19 members · 2,465 trades
- Senate Narcotics Caucus3 of 7 members · 1,214 trades
Joint committees
Frequently asked questions
Do members of Congress trade stocks in the industries their committees cover?
Yes. In this Congress, 50 sitting members disclosed 536 buys of stocks in those industries. Most by committee: House Financial Services Committee (154), House Armed Services Committee (77), House Science Committee (62), Senate HELP Committee (62), House Transportation Committee (35). A seat and a buy side by side say nothing about why the buy was made.
Which committee's members trade the most stocks?
By trades on file since 2023: House Armed Services Committee (17,473), House Oversight Committee (16,371), House China Committee (16,104), House Homeland Security Committee (5,969), House Foreign Affairs Committee (5,908). One busy trader can carry a committee, and a member can sit on more than one.
May members of Congress trade stocks in the industries their committees cover?
Yes. The STOCK Act of 2012 bars members from trading on nonpublic information gained from the job and requires them to report a trade within 45 days, but nothing in it bars a member from trading in an industry a committee covers. A wider ban has been proposed in both chambers.
How do you decide what a committee covers?
By our own reading of its remit, matched to the industry the company's listing gives: Armed Services and an aerospace and defense stock count, Armed Services and a railroad do not. Only buys made since this Congress began count, because the committee list is today's and seats are handed out afresh each Congress.
How do I see what one member traded?
Pick a committee, then the member. Their page shows every disclosed trade, the latest filing and how each stock has moved since it went public, with a link to the official filing.
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