Johnny Olszewski
Representative for Maryland · Democratic · United States
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this rule. I agree, it is past time that we ban congressional insider trading. No one should benefit from public service, but wouldn't the easiest way to do that be to just completely ban stock trading entirely, not take the baby steps attached to this bill included in the rule?”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“Republicans can't even be bothered to provide the IDs they would have Americans be required to have in order to vote. In fact, that was in the bill, and they took it out. That is not reform, Mr. Speaker. That is a bait-and-switch.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to remind this body that the American people elected all of us with one clear mandate, which was to lower costs. We are now 32 days into this session of Congress.”
House of Representatives4 February 2025Source ↗
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“Republicans can't even be bothered to provide the IDs they would have Americans be required to have in order to vote. In fact, that was in the bill, and they took it out. That is not reform, Mr. Speaker. That is a bait-and-switch. It is one more ruse by this Republican majority to distract the public from their inability or their unwillingness, or both, to rein in costs and address corruption. The American people deserve so much better. I urge a ``no'' vote.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this rule. I agree, it is past time that we ban congressional insider trading. No one should benefit from public service, but wouldn't the easiest way to do that be to just completely ban stock trading entirely, not take the baby steps attached to this bill included in the rule? Still, I was open to voting for the bill, to accept that incremental but wholly insufficient progress. What I am not open to, Mr. Speaker, is accepting modest progress on stock ethics, insufficient progress in exchange for significantly compromising American voting rights, and that is also exactly what this bill would do. It would add unnecessary and unrelated provisions that make it harder for Americans to vote.”
House of Representatives21 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to remind this body that the American people elected all of us with one clear mandate, which was to lower costs. We are now 32 days into this session of Congress. Sadly, we have not held a single vote, not even a committee hearing on legislation to lower costs for so many who are struggling at the grocery store and at the gas station.”
House of Representatives4 February 2025Source ↗