Virginia Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is criticizing a proposal to ban congress from trading stocks, a proposal that some like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have backed.
It's "bulls---," she said told Punchbowl News. Her comments came in response to a question about the proposal, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has publicly supported.
On Wednesday, Luria reportedly said: "So my thoughts on it, you know, I think this whole concept is bulls---. Because I think that, why would you assume that members of Congress are going to be inherently bad or corrupt? We already have the STOCK Act that requires people to report stock trades.
"The third branch of government, the judiciary, has no reporting," she said. She added that "the Supreme Court has no disclosure. It has no reporting of stock transactions. And it makes important decisions every day."
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