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发布时间：2025-09-11 03:54:29 来源：都市天下脉观察 作者：知识

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'Pelosi Act' receives name change and unlikely support from former namesake

Fox News senior national correspondent Aishah Hasnie reports on the efforts to put together the 'Honest Act' to prevent elected officials from trading stocks while in office on 'Special Report.'

It’s rare to find areas of agreement between President Donald Trump and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But they’re both supporting a congressional bill that will ban members of Congress and their households from trading stocks. 

The legislation, which cleared its committee of jurisdiction in late July, has broad bipartisan support and will help root out public corruption while restoring Americans’ confidence in Congress.

Common sense would suggest that Congress shouldn’t be actively trading stocks and bonds while they’re holding office. And 86% of those surveyed in 2023 as part of a University of Maryland study favored a ban on congressional stock trading, with Republicans and Democrats showing nearly identical levels of support.

President Donald Trump and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (AP/Fox News)

As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized in an Aug. 14 interview, the credibility of the House and Senate is at stake when members trade individual stocks. He highlighted the "eye-popping returns" some members have earned, noting that "every hedge fund would be jealous of them."

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From the perspective of a Treasury official, this issue goes beyond ethics. It touches the integrity of our financial system. 

Markets rely on trust, transparency and a level playing field. When members of Congress trade stocks with access to information or influence that ordinary investors don’t have, it undermines public confidence in both government and the economy. 

Treasury leadership has a vested interest in ensuring that policy is made to serve the public good, not to generate personal profit, because the credibility of the United States as a financial steward depends on it.

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