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Eli Brooks: Individual Stock Trading Restrictions

01

Recorded statement

R · TX-12 at the statement date

“I will vote against H.R. 9001. I oppose this restriction on individual stock trading by members of Congress.”
Saved statement · exact passage ↗
02

Legislative action

Yea

Passage vote

On Passage of H.R. 9001

House · Congress 119 · Session 2 · Roll 302

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The recorded Yea differs from the explicit intention to vote against this measure. The fixture supplies no later explanation; this is not a finding about motive or honesty.

explicit measure · operative provision ↗

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Fictional person, statement, measure and action. This example is not evidence about any real member of Congress.

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  1. Operative text identified

    text-9001-v1 · provision source

  2. Position entered in the record

    recorded statement · statement source

  3. Passage vote: Yea

    On Passage of H.R. 9001 · action source

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STATEMENTEli Brooks — fictional recorded statement+

Local demonstration fixture · 2026-08-04 · Fixture 1

I will vote against H.R. 9001. I oppose this restriction on individual stock trading by members of Congress.

Local authored fixture · no official original

Source SHA-256
da0393dfbc7d8d94d83bccc11a409f4fd658fb9a9dd1a8958f1dcde43be75e57
Saved span
0–108 · newline-only-v1
Fetched / modified
2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z / 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
ACTIONEli Brooks — fictional individual action+

Local demonstration fixture · 2026-08-10 · Fixture 1

Fictional House roll call 302, 119th Congress, session 2. On Passage of H.R. 9001. Eli Brooks: Yea. Result: Agreed to.

Local authored fixture · no official original

Source SHA-256
80d7a6d49a367299802fbf3de28c929bc1e682f847ff62725d0aac01e154cf78
Saved span
0–119 · newline-only-v1
Fetched / modified
2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z / 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
PROVISIONFictional operative provision+

Local demonstration fixture · 2026-08-01 · Fixture 1

Prohibit members of Congress from trading individual stocks, with a transition period for existing holdings.

Local authored fixture · no official original

Source SHA-256
49ccd8eb088f6142ea4e5fb0c1023f411c89408f871ecccc239e5425825b241e
Saved span
0–108 · newline-only-v1
Fetched / modified
2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z / 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
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Version 3 · reviewed 2026-09-15.

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