House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scoffs at the idea of banning lawmakers from owning individual stocks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scoffed at the idea of banning Congressional lawmakers and their spouses from owning individual stocks at a press conference. But she cautioned that lawmakers have a responsibility to report it whenever they purchase stocks. The questions arose after a Business Insider report revealed that 49 members of Congress and 182 senior-level congressional staffers had violated the STOCK Act.