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What stocks is Congress buying in defense?

Members of Congress trade the same industries their committees regulate. Pick a sector to see which stocks they're buying.

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99K+disclosed trades on file
2012→STOCK Act disclosure era

94 members of Congress have disclosed trading defense stocks — the contractors that win the budgets Congress writes. The most widely held is GE Aerospace (GE), traded by 74 members; the most active trader is Ro Khanna (California), with 429 trades across the sector. Pick another sector above to see its ranking, straight from official STOCK Act filings. Data as of 2026-09-25.

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The hint

The stocks Congress is buying

Ranked by how many members of Congress hold each name. Click any stock to see exactly who.

Showing the top 3 of 10 Defense stocks Congress trades. Click any to see exactly which members hold it.
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Who's trading the sector

The members most active here

Members of Congress ranked by disclosed trades across this sector's stocks.

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Ro Khanna
DHouseCalifornia10 of these names
429
trades
02
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
DHouseCalifornia8 of these names
86
trades
03
Michael T. McCaul
RHouseTexas2 of these names
74
trades
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Why this matters

The committee that writes the rules can also own the winners

A member of the Armed Services Committee can shape a defense budget and own the contractors that win it. A member of Energy can write oil and nuclear policy while holding the producers. None of that is illegal — so long as the trade is disclosed within 45 days under the STOCK Act.

That disclosure is the whole point of this page. GovGreed collects every filing and groups it by sector, so you can see where the people who write a sector's rules also have a personal stake in it.

Most members don't trade individual stocks at all — which is what makes the heavy traders of a single sector worth a second look. Pick a sector and judge for yourself.

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Last 90 days · Data as of 2026-09-25

What Congress bought in the last 90 days, by market sector

409 disclosed stock purchases by 36 members of Congress with a trade date between June 27 and September 25, 2026, deduplicated. Sector is the company's market industry; 377 of the 409 purchases match a company profile (the other 32 are ETFs, funds, or small caps we can't classify). Members have up to 45 days to disclose, so the most recent weeks will keep filling in.

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Technology
18 members54 stocks
113
purchases
02
Industrials & Defense
10 members33 stocks
68
purchases
03
Finance
15 members29 stocks
57
purchases
04
Consumer
10 members29 stocks
44
purchases
05
Healthcare
7 members25 stocks
41
purchases
06
Communications
8 members9 stocks
24
purchases
07
Materials & Mining
4 members9 stocks
12
purchases
08
Real Estate
4 members9 stocks
11
purchases
09
Utilities
2 members3 stocks
4
purchases
10
Energy
2 members2 stocks
3
purchases

The stocks the most members bought

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GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
Communications7 purchases
4
buyers
02
ACNAccenture plc
Technology5 purchases
4
buyers
03
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
Technology5 purchases
3
buyers
04
AMATApplied Materials, Inc.
Technology4 purchases
3
buyers
05
APHAmphenol Corporation
Technology3 purchases
3
buyers
06
GSThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Finance12 purchases
2
buyers
07
AVGOBroadcom Inc.
Technology6 purchases
2
buyers
08
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company
Consumer5 purchases
2
buyers

Ranked by distinct members with a disclosed purchase, then by number of purchases. Counts are disclosures, not dollars: the STOCK Act reports amounts in bands. Not financial advice. All data from public federal disclosures.

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Questions people ask

Congressional trading by sector, explained

What stocks is Congress buying right now?
Pick a sector at the top of this page. GovGreed groups every STOCK Act filing by sector and ranks the stocks in it by how many members of Congress hold each name — so you can see what Congress is buying in defense, AI, pharma, energy, finance, big tech, and crypto. Click any stock to see exactly which members trade it.
Which defense stocks does Congress own?
Dozens of members have disclosed trading defense and aerospace contractors — GE Aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, RTX, and Northrop Grumman among them. Members on Armed Services and Appropriations vote on the budgets these firms depend on. Open the Defense sector above for the full ranking.
Is Congress buying AI and semiconductor stocks?
Yes — NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Microsoft, and other AI and chip names are among the most actively traded stocks in Congress, even as legislators shape export controls and AI policy. Open the AI & Semiconductors sector above to see which names Congress holds.
Is it legal for Congress to trade stocks in sectors they regulate?
Yes — provided they disclose each trade within 45 days under the STOCK Act of 2012. Critics argue it creates conflicts of interest because members often hold companies their committees oversee. Several bills to ban the practice have been introduced; none has become law. Not financial advice.
What is the STOCK Act?
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 requires members of Congress, their spouses, and senior staff to publicly disclose securities transactions over $1,000 within 45 days, and affirms they aren't exempt from insider-trading law. GovGreed is built on these public filings.

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Not financial advice. All data from public federal disclosures. Source: STOCK Act filings & congressional records. Related: who in Congress owns a stock · is your representative trading? · bills in markup this week · most-traded stocks. · Data as of 2026-09-25