Rob Bresnahan, then a candidate for Pennsylvania's 8th U.S. Congressional District, speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Aug. 17, 2024, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) has been a vocal opponent of stock trading in Congress, despite making a reported 500+ trades and becoming one of Washington’s most prolific traders since taking office in January.

According to Business Insider’s Bryan Metzger, Bresnahan has made at least 584 trades since taking his oath of office on Jan. 3. After an updated disclosure on Tuesday, Bresnahan has also made nearly 100 trades since he introduced the TRUST Act on May 6, which is legislation to ban the practice of congresspeople trading.

Bresnahan’s office did not immediately respond to a request to comment on his frequent trading. In his press release for the TRUST Act, Bresnahan contended that no member of Congress should be allowed to profit off the information they receive and that he was personally working to place his accounts into a blind trust.

“Members of Congress should not be allowed to profit off the information they are entrusted with – this is a belief I have held since before taking office, and this belief has not changed,” Bresnahan said. “I have never traded my own stocks, but I want to guarantee accountability to my constituents. That is why I am working with House Ethics to begin the process of enacting a blind trust. I want the people I represent to trust that I am in Congress to serve them, and them alone.”

According to Metzger’s report from June 2, some of the trades made after Bresnahan introduced the TRUST Act were worth at least $166,000.