It is no secret that Congress beats the stock market and performs with conflicts, privileged information, and power over laws that benefit them.

Several current and past high profile politicians, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)  have been accused of using their connections, influence and insider information to score winning deals.

From Unusual Whales, the service that uncovers unusual options, stocks, and crypto purchases, “to equalize information for the retail investor,” here is every US politician in Congress who currently holds stock positions that directly benefit from war in the Middle East:

Alan Lowenthal
Andrew Garbarino
Bill Hagerty
Blake Moore
Bob Gibbs
Carol Miller
Christopher Jacobs
Daniel Goldman
David McKinley
Dean Phillips

Debbie Schultz
Deborah Ross
Diana Harshbarger
Donald McEachin
Dwight Evans
Earl Blumenauer
Fred Upton
Garret Graves
Jerry Moran
John Curtis

John Yarmuth
Josh Gottheimer
Katherine Clark
Kathy Manning
Kevin Hern
Kurt Schrader
Lois Frankel
Maria Salazar
Marjorie Greene
Mark Green
Michael Guest

Michael McCaul
Mike Kelly
Mike Simpson
Mo Brooks
Patrick Fallon
Rick Allen
Ro Khanna
Robert Wittman
Roger Marshall
Scott Franklin
Shelley Capito

Steve Cohen
Susie Lee
Thomas Carper
Thomas Suozzi
Tommy Tuberville
Trey Hollingsworth
Virginia Foxx
William Keating
Zoe Lofgren

While we admire Sen. Tuberville’s  ongoing hold on military confirmations impacting a number of Biden’s woke senior military appointments as the Pentagon moves to bolster its presence in the Middle East amid the ongoing crisis in Israel, we also note his disturbing stock purchases.

Tuberville also serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and recently made three separate purchases of stock in Humacyte (HUMA) — a small biotech company that later shared the success of their new medical tech in helping treat Ukrainian soldiers’ combat wounds.

His purchase amounts were between $3,000 and $45,000. When he purchased the stock in July, the price per share was $2.87. By August 15, the stock reached  $4.48.

Tuberville also sits on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. He reported multiple agricultural trades recently, all in the range of $1,000 to $15,000.

Lois Frankel (D-FL) has bought and sold shares of oil, gas, and electric companies while working on an appropriations subcommittee that directs funds to U.S. Department of Energy programs.

Frankel has also bought and sold funds contracted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, of which she has served.

Katherine Clark (D-Mass). Her husband traded in several health care companies that contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where Clark’s committee sets funding.

Two purchases of Hologic in late 2020 occurred about one week before the company was awarded a $119 million Covid-19 testing contract with H.H.S. and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Rick Allen (R-GA) has reported trades in the pharmaceutical companies Merck and Johnson & Johnson while serving on an Education and Labor subcommittee that was considering prescription drug price legislation.

Ro Khanna (D-CA) has made over 10,500 trades involving nearly 900 companies made by trusts in the name of his wife and young children. That’s more trades and more companies than any other member of Congress.

His congressional duties overlapped with more than 15 percent of the companies his family members traded, including drugmakers, weapons manufacturers, and oil giants. Khanna’s wife and children bought or sold at least eight companies, while committees he sat on were investigating them, including AbbVie, Lockheed Martin, and Johnson & Johnson.

Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon). His wife bought or sold stocks or bonds in several health care companies, including CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group. Both companies offer Medicare Advantage plans (CVS offers plans through its subsidiary Aetna). Blumenauer sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and its health subcommittee, which have jurisdiction over Medicare.

Blumenauer purchased stock in the defense company Raytheon, on Feb. 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

Dwight Evans (D-PA) trades in Pfizer especially after joining the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, which oversees Medicare.

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