Honorable Mark Pocan
United States Representative, Wisconsin, Democrat
Rep. Pocan has represented Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013. He serves on the Appropriations and Foreign Affairs Committees. The following are his remarks during debate on the House floor on July 22, 2026. As a member of Congress, I don’t own any individual stocks because, as a byproduct of my job, I get inside information on many publicly traded companies. We don’t let people with insider information buy stock because it impacts markets and threatens public trust in a system that so many of our retirement dollars are in. However, this bill before us puts members of Congress above…
