U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) joined Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) and 20 of his colleagues in calling for leaders of the House Committee on Administration to hold a markup on legislation that would prohibit Members of Congress from trading stocks.

“There have been a variety of recommendations and discussions surrounding this issue,” wrote the lawmakers, “including numerous bipartisan and bicameral pieces of legislation introduced by the undersigned. In this Congress alone, there have been at least six different legislative proposals introduced in the House of Representatives. We believe that the best platform and venue to consider these numerous proposals would be through a full markup in your committee. It is imperative that we take action — together — to achieve consensus on legislation that would ban the trading of stocks by Members of Congress.”

“It has been clear from the public response to the aforementioned legislative proposals that the American people would like — and expect — the Congress to act,” they continued. “We must do more to restore public trust, and we believe this would be an important step in doing so.”