Day 58.

It’s a good thing the Office of Congressional Ethics has been preserved for the time being. That’s because today, Public Citizen filed a complaint with them asking for an investigation into the trading activities of Rep. Tom Price. (They’ve also asked the SEC to take a look.) They want OCE to consider whether Price may have used insider information in making investments in industries he oversees. To quote Public Citizen:

Since 2009, according to congressional financial disclosure reports, Price has conducted over 630 trades on the stock market, many of which involve the pharmaceutical and health care sectors that he oversees as chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee and as a member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.

Price has been nominated to be the Director of Health and Human Services. Chuck Schumer (my senator, who sits on the Senate Finance Committee), believes that there is enough information to warrant an investigation.

Rep. Price’s hearing is set for January 18.

If your Senator is on the Finance Committee, give them a call and ask them to push Price on this, and to echo Schumer’s calls for an investigation. Make your voice heard!

Offer valid in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (twice!), Oregon, Pennsylvania (also twice!), South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.

Click through the committee link above to get your Senator’s contact information.

EDITED to reflect Schumer isn’t actually on the committee anymore, because he gave his seat to Senator McKaskill of Missouri.