Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY), the powerful chairman of the Budget Committee, has recently purchased several cannabis industry stocks while championing legalization legislation that could increase their value, a Popular Information investigation reveals. The transactions illustrate the ethical problems created when members of Congress, whose official actions can make or break industries, trade individual stocks.
Powerful Congressman buying cannabis stock, …
Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY), the powerful chairman of the Budget Committee, has recently purchased several cannabis industry stocks while championing legalization legislation that could increase their value, a Popular Information investigation reveals. The transactions illustrate the ethical problems created when members of Congress, whose official actions can make or break industries, trade individual stocks.
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