Granholm Expresses Support for Hawley Bills Banning Stock Trading for Members of Congress and Executive Branch Officials
In a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm about the troubling reports that nearly one-third of the Energy Department’s senior officials or their families owned stocks related to the agency’s work.
At the end of his questioning, Secretary Granholm expressed support Senator Hawley’s Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act, which would ban the trading and holding...