Republican who called for banning congressional trading has made hundreds of trades since getting elected

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.

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) disclosed another 54 stock trades this morning.

He has traded nearly 100 times since announcing plans to set up a blind trust and almost 600 times since taking office in January.

— bryan metzger (@metzgov) June 10, 2025

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.