Rep. McDonald Rivet Introduces Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Trading and Prediction Markets
In this short video, Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) argues that Washington is 'more broken than you think.' She claims politicians are profiting from insider trading and prediction markets while constituents struggle, and that candidates are also taking advantage. She describes directing her staff upon arriving in Congress to draft a comprehensive anti-corruption bill banning such practices, which she says they wrote and are now pushing to enact into law. The segment is self-produced campaign-style content with no guests or external experts. It references her own legislative effort without naming the bill or cosponsors on camera, though her office's June 30, 2026 press release identifies it as the bipartisan No Profiting from Public Service Act with Republican and Democratic cosponsors. No specific data, examples of trades, or named individuals accused of wrongdoing are provided.