> “We are a free-market economy. [Congress] should be able to participate in that” No, you should NOT allowed to be trade on inside information that no one els

> “We are a free-market economy. [Congress] should be able to participate in that” No, you should NOT allowed to be trade on inside information that no one else has access to just because you are "important". No, you should particularly not be allowed to trade in securities that you are writing legislation on. All legislators should be obliged to put their investment assets into a blind trust, administered by a complete stranger that they aren't allowed to contact. If they won't do this, fine - there are plenty of people for which this would not be any sort of problem at all.