Members Of Congress Should Be Banned From Buying Stocks

“Rand Paul discloses 16 months late that his wife bought stock in a company behind coronavirus treatment” ran a headline from The Washington Post on 8/11/2021. Of course, Rand Paul is the same Senator who got into an argument with Anthony Fauci in two different Senate hearings this year. Paul also claimed on his YouTube channel that masks had no effect at stopping the spread of COVID-19.

Mind you, the exact details of what Rand Paul knew and didn’t knew remain fuzzy at the time of writing. According to The Washington Post, Paul says he did not know about the transaction — which was done by his wife — until over a year after it took place. However, even giving Paul the benefit of the doubt, this certainly does not look good for him.

The exact company Paul invested in is called Gilead Sciences, according to their Wikipedia page:

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is an American biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Foster City, California, that focuses on researching and developing antiviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and influenza, including Harvoni and Sovaldi.

Am I the only one who sees an issue with a congressman having stock in a company that makes medication? Let’s say an HIV epidemic breaks out — as one did in the United States during the…