U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says her colleagues, including but not limited to leadership in the House, are issuing dire warnings that she needs to stop trying to end stock trading in Congress.
“I can tell you that I got a lot of pushback from leadership and not just leadership in itself, but I actually received calls from other members of Congress saying that … what we were doing was going to hurt people. I was also told that I was putting the Republic in jeopardy, because I was going to cost us the Midterms if I brought this to the floor. And what I will tell you is what I’m trying to do is actually save the Republic. And so if you think that that’s the biggest problem that we have in this country, maybe you shouldn’t be in a leadership position,” the Florida Republican said Wednesday to Fox News‘ Jesse Watters.
Luna vows to either get the bill to the floor or expose those who are trying to stop her. She intends to force a vote next month, reports POLITICO.
“I frankly believe if you want to be a stock trader, get into a different career field, but don’t do it in Congress,” she said. “I’m taking a lot of heat, not just from my own party, but we’re going to see it from the other side. And I’m ready to name names, so you either put it on the ground and let us vote on it, or you can continue to lie to the American people on your position on thinking that you should defend insider trading.”
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