President Trump took a swipe at Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who has faced years of scrutiny for her husband’s stock trades, while imploring lawmakers to pass a bill that would restrict congressional stock trading.
During his State of the Union address, Mr. Trump urged the House to back the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would require lawmakers to provide a seven-day notice before selling stocks.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle stood and applauded after Mr. Trump declared, “Let’s also ensure that members of Congress cannot corruptly profit from using insider information.”
“They stood up. I can’t believe it,” Mr. Trump said, referring to Democrats who have largely remained seated during his speech.
“Did Nancy Pelosi stand up?” the president asked.
The California Democrat’s stock trades have raised questions over the years. She has become exponentially wealthier as her power increased during her rise to speaker of the House. Stock trades made by her husband, Paul Pelosi, a venture capitalist, were so lucrative that they spawned websites that followed his trades.
The “Pelosi Tracker” app, for years tracked all of his investments and allowed its users to follow and mimic his trades.
Between 2022 and 2025, Ms. Pelosi has reported a trade volume of $56.9 million, according to Capitol Trades, a site that monitors lawmakers’ stock trades.
In January of this year, she reported that her husband traded between $8.8 million and $38.6 million in stock holdings.
