Sewell And Tuberville’s Stock Success Raises Eyebrows
Controversy over members of congress profiting from stock trading has risen again on Capitol Hill. It is sparked by the release of the 2025 Congressional Trading Report. The congressional stock monitor at website Unusual Whales estimates West Alabama Democrat Congresswoman Terri Sewell’s portfolio generated a +67.9% return in 2025.
The year-end stock disclosure reveals Sewell as the third most profitable stock trader. Only behind one Republican and one Democrat, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Rep. Donald Norcross (D-New Jersey).
32nd on the list is Alabama 's Senior Senator and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville. The first term Republican's investments returned a portfolio generated +15.6% return in 2025.
Sewell and Tuberville are among the 185 members of congress who actively traded stocks last year. No other member of the Alabama Congressional Delegation was shown on the 2025 list of significant profits, but West Alabama Republican Congressman Robert Aderholt does hold stock as does Rep.Shomari Figures (D-2), Rep. Barry Moore (R-1), Rep. Gary Palmer (R-6), Rep. Mike Rogers (R-3), Rep. Dale Strong (R-5), and Sen. Katie Britt (R).
Other prominent names on the trading list are Republicans Lindsey Graham (SC), and Democrats John Hickenlooper (CO), and John Fetterman (PA). President Trump and some of his cabinet members are also on the list.
While neither Sewell or Tuberville have been accused of any improprieties, House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) has introduced a new bill that seeks to ban stock trading by members of Congress as well as their spouses and dependent children in the latest effort to address ethics concerns with lawmakers' investment portfolios.
Several bills to ban stock trading in Congress have been put forward in recent years, but all have failed to pass.
Federal lawmakers are required to report stock trades under the STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act), which was passed in 2012. This law was created to increase transparency, prevent insider trading, and ensure that public officials are held accountable when their financial interests intersect with their public responsibilities. By disclosing trades over $1,000, the public can monitor whether members of Congress are potentially benefiting from non-public information gained through their positions.
A report by the Campaign Legal Center in Washington D.C. says potentially hundreds of members of Congress have violated the STOCK Act's transparency rules by failing to disclose stock trades on time in recent years, with 78 members cited for violations during the 117th Congress (2021-2022) alone and more identified in 2025. These violations involve failing to report trades within the required 45-day window, though no member has ever been successfully prosecuted for insider trading under the STOCK Act.
Polls show a majority of Americans favor prohibiting members of congress from trading stocks, but Rep. Steil's legislation is given little chance of passing.
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