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IrelandJoe Neguse on congressional stock trading: "Just ban it"
The Colorado Democrat calls for a straightforward floor vote, rejecting arguments that a ban is too complicated to write.
Rep. Joe Neguse
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 233,812 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (19,851).
Since the day I was first sworn into office, I’ve refused to trade any stocks.
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Joe Neguse makes the case personal before asking Congress to change its rules: he says he has refused to trade stocks since first taking office, and wants that choice to become a requirement for every member.
His floor-speech clip drew roughly 172,000 views in its first 13 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short. The comments also exceeded a typical first day's total more than tenfold.
Neguse recalls starting a bipartisan effort to prohibit congressional stock trading four years earlier. His argument is about whom lawmakers serve: "Because members of Congress should be serving their communities, their constituents, and their country, not their stock portfolios."
He also credits Representative Seth Magaziner's leadership on the issue, then turns to the legislative objections he says have held reform back. Complexity, in his telling, is no reason to avoid a vote. "This is very simple. Just ban it."
The subject has drawn a substantial audience on his channel before: a July Short about congressional stock trading is its most-watched Short. This upload returns to that issue with a specific demand for a bill on the floor. In the description, Neguse says he hopes to get the reform passed in the next session.
A Democratic U.S. representative for Rhode Island’s 2nd congressional district since 2023. He previously served as Rhode Island’s general treasurer.
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- Channel
- Rep. Joe Neguse
- Subscribers
- 146,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,772,370
- Channel views, pace per day
- 68,406 (on a normal day: 220,419)
- Video published
- November 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 172,176 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 233,812
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The speech has already passed the channel's usual full-day Short audience, with an unusually busy comment section too.
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Which former president does Neguse quote at the start of the speech?
Neguse opens with a quotation from Theodore Roosevelt about corruption and public duty.