Congressman Ryan says he sees momentum in legislation to ban stock trading by Congress members, says Speaker Johnson lives in a lobbyist's home while in Washington

New York Congressman Pat Ryan says at a news conference with fellow Democrats to introduce legislation to confront political corruption that part of why they wanted to do the as a comprehensive package was the hope to use momentum particularly from stock trade bans, which was one of the most widely recognized and popular and understood issues, to put the altogether, and he emphasized that a lot of them were in very tough districts but significantly overperformed national numbers by centering the issue because it's not a partisan issue but a nonpartisan American issue of competition and fairness and hard work, hoping the pressure of the 2026 cycle will finally shame Speaker Mike Johnson who literally lives in the home of a lobbyist to do the right thing.