Chuck Schumer Backs Up Josh Hawley's PELOSI Act As Trump And Some Republicans Come Out Against It

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During a press briefing on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke in favor of Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) PELOSI Act which would ban stock trading for members of Congress.

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00:00What do you make of reporting that Republicans in the White House are lobbying against the stock trading ban in Congress here?

00:07We, Senate Democrats, are for a stock trading ban.

00:11Okay, thank you, everybody.

00:12Do you want to?

00:13Go ahead, Barry.

00:14We just passed it out of the committee before this meeting here, on a bipartisan basis.

00:19Do you have any comment on Senator Hawley and Scott going back and forth arguing about it?

00:23It was a spirited committee hearing, but the end result was that we passed it out and it now moves to the full Senate.

00:28Thank you, everybody.

00:30Go ahead, Dick.

00:30Go ahead.

00:31And thanks to Senator Hawley for championing this card.

00:34No.

00:35Thanks, everybody.

00:38I thank Senator Blumenthal and Senator Peters for championing this card.

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