Nancy Pelosi Defends Lawmakers Who Get Rich Off Stock Market While In Office

By, Sara Boboltz

Thu, December 16, 2021 at 12:06 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has defended elected representatives and their spouses who play the stock market following an alarming report on the dozens of lawmakers who bought and sold health care stock during the pandemic.

At least 75 lawmakers invested their own money in companies that have been key to the United States’ response to COVID-19, according to Insider, which began publishing its findings Monday.

“We are a free-market economy,” Pelosi said Wednesday. “They should be able to participate in that.”