Congress critters are exempt from insider trading laws. Insider trading by congress (and their staffers and family) was briefly made illegal by the STOCK Act of

Congress critters are exempt from insider trading laws. Insider trading by congress (and their staffers and family) was briefly made illegal by the STOCK Act of 2012 [0] and quietly neutered a year later. [0] "STOCK Act - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act