Most active stock traders in Congress

162 members of Congress have machine-readable transaction rows in the 2025 and 2026 periodic reports, 13,518 rows in total. This table ranks them by disclosure count and links every figure to the filings behind it.

Top 50 by disclosed transactions

Disclosed range sums the low and high end of every reported bracket. It bounds the dollar activity; it is not a portfolio value or a return.

#MemberTradesBuys / sellsTickersDisclosed rangeTop tickerMedian lag
1Gilbert Cisneros
D-CA-31
1642974 / 662474$16.9M – $58.9MDASH25d
2Lisa McClain
R-MI-09
1443733 / 710440$3.0M – $25.2MNVDA34d
3Alan Armstrong
R-OK
707656 / 50345$8.5M – $41.6MWMB113d
4Robert Bresnahan
R-PA-08
653282 / 371303$2.8M – $14.3MNVDA30d
5Jefferson Shreve
R-IN-06
635207 / 426254$86.0M – $389.8MAMAT37d
6Julie Johnson
D-TX-32
587117 / 466231$686K – $9.1MCI28d
7Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ-05
562189 / 373225$18.6M – $83.2MMSFT27d
8John Delaney
D-MD-06 · former
486229 / 25648$4.0M – $15.5MMKL21d
9Dave McCormick
R-PA
413301 / 1124$52.0M – $125.3MBITB26d
10John Boozman
R-AR
394205 / 189127$793K – $6.8MTBLL27d
11Valerie Hoyle
D-OR-04
393194 / 199190$554K – $6.3MGOOGL98d
12Marjorie Greene
R-GA-14 · former
287284 / 379$1.7M – $7.6MAMZN3d
13Sheri Biggs
R-SC-03
264158 / 10677$6.4M – $19.5MIBIT130.5d
14Julia Letlow
R-LA-05
257164 / 93113$299K – $4.0MCRM274d
15Cleo Fields
D-LA-06
237224 / 1333$12.5M – $33.1MNVDA20d
16Tim Moore
R-NC-14
233171 / 6235$8.6M – $21.2MHOG27d
17David Taylor
R-OH-02
231134 / 9730$357K – $3.8MIBP12d
18Kevin Hern
R-OK-01
22835 / 18389$13.2M – $42.0MHD20d
19Tommy Tuberville
R-AL
22244 / 178102$3.3M – $10.4MCLF814d
20Bruce Westerman
R-AR-04
213106 / 10798$325K – $3.5MAAPL27d
21Jared Moskowitz
D-FL-23
191120 / 7167$373K – $3.3MGS38d
22Scott Peters
D-CA-50
184104 / 800$28.0M – $58.1M—33d
23Byron Donalds
R-FL-19
16683 / 8350$264K – $2.7MTTD31d
24Ritchie Torres
D-NY-15
15782 / 7580$157K – $2.4MASML225d
25Kelly Morrison
D-MN-03
12749 / 7324$3.4M – $8.8MACN19d
26Rich McCormick
R-GA-06
12778 / 4938$226K – $2.1MLHX27d
27Thomas Kean
R-NJ-07
12662 / 6151$680K – $3.1MSYK29d
28Maria Salazar
R-FL-27
12173 / 4838$688K – $3.2MBEP27d
29Dan Newhouse
R-WA-04
11942 / 7786$189K – $2.0MGOOGL35d
30Suzan DelBene
D-WA-01
11837 / 810$14.2M – $29.9M—20d
31Jonathan Jackson
D-IL-01
11363 / 5044$1.3M – $4.0MAMZN35d
32C. Franklin
R-FL-18
9959 / 4038$2.1M – $8.5MNVO28d
33Shelley Capito
R-WV
9320 / 7344$177K – $1.6MMSFT17d
34Rick Scott
R-FL
7640 / 360$22.6M – $46.2M—433d
35Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI
625 / 5728$666K – $2.4MNVDA23d
36Rick Allen
R-GA-12
6032 / 2822$1.8M – $4.8MINTU34d
37Greg Landsman
D-OH-01
575 / 5138$670K – $2.2MCOST12d
38Ashley Moody
R-FL
5716 / 414$1.1M – $3.3MAMAT26d
39John Fetterman
D-PA
5331 / 226$53K – $795KERIE23d
40Virginia Foxx
R-NC-05
4425 / 1915$478K – $1.5MARLP23.5d
41James Comer
R-KY-01
4129 / 1225$41K – $615KHD8d
42Mike Kelly
R-PA-16
4116 / 257$1.2M – $3.0MX26d
43Rick Larsen
D-WA-02
4119 / 2034$41K – $615KABT7d
44William Keating
D-MA-09
4134 / 711$174K – $910KABNB19d
45Lloyd Doggett
D-TX-37
3939 / 06$39K – $585KHD25d
46Michael Rulli
R-OH-06
3816 / 2222$87K – $655KGOOGL175.5d
47Nancy Pelosi
D-CA-11
3827 / 1114$33.5M – $145.2MNVDA24d
48Angus King
I-ME
3823 / 1526$80K – $675KADSK28d
49George Whitesides
D-CA-27
350 / 3534$2.4M – $5.5MINVA30d
50Richard Blumenthal
D-CT
3324 / 90$1.6M – $3.6M—35d

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Most active in the last 90 days

Transactions dated within 90 days of the snapshot (856 rows). Recent rows are the most likely to be revised by amended filings.

  1. 1Kevin Hern164 trades
  2. 2John Delaney130 trades
  3. 3Gilbert Cisneros126 trades
  4. 4Maria Salazar58 trades
  5. 5Dave McCormick54 trades
  6. 6Richard Blumenthal33 trades
  7. 7David Taylor30 trades
  8. 8Scott Peters28 trades
  9. 9Rich McCormick27 trades
  10. 10Josh Gottheimer15 trades

How to read this ranking

A transaction row is one line on a periodic transaction report: an asset, a date, a type, an owner, and a dollar bracket. Members whose accounts are run by an outside manager, or who hold many small positions, generate many rows. That makes row count a measure of disclosure activity rather than conviction or wealth. Read the disclosed range alongside the count: a member with 400 rows all in the $1,001–$15,000 bracket has a very different profile from one with 40 rows above $1 million.

Filing lag is the median number of days between a transaction and the date the report reached the Clerk. The STOCK Act requires notification within 30 days of becoming aware of a trade and no later than 45 days after it; a median above 45 means most of a member's rows were disclosed late. Late filing carries a small statutory penalty and is a matter of public record, but it is not evidence of trading on non-public information. The STOCK Act explainer covers the deadlines and penalties, and how to read congressional disclosures walks through each field.

Frequently asked questions

Who trades the most stocks in Congress?

In House Clerk and Senate eFD filings for 2025 and 2026, Gilbert Cisneros reported the most transactions with 1642 rows, followed by Lisa McClain (1443) and Alan Armstrong (707). Row counts measure disclosure volume, not dollar value or performance; a member whose spouse or adviser trades frequently in small brackets will rank high.

Does a high number of trades mean a member is trading on inside information?

No. The count reflects reportable transactions by the member, spouse, dependents, and joint accounts, often executed by an outside manager. Frequency is a disclosure fact. Whether a trade used material non-public information is a legal question that filings alone cannot answer.

Are Senators included in this ranking?

Yes. The ranking covers both chambers: House members from the US House Clerk's periodic transaction report PDFs and Senators from electronic reports in the Senate eFD system. Paper Senate filings are scanned images and are excluded rather than estimated from third-party data.

How current is this ranking?

It is generated from the snapshot dated 2026-10-15, covering 1182 periodic reports of which 1057 were machine-readable. Image-only filings are excluded rather than guessed, so some members' totals are understated.

Compiled from the US House Clerk and Senate eFD periodic transaction report indexes for 2025 and 2026 and the public congress-legislators dataset for party and district. Snapshot generated 2026-10-15. Educational; not investment advice.

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