WASHINGTON — Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the House Budget Committee chairman, filed a report on Oct. 27 disclosing a sale that took place on July 10, 2025, 474 days earlier, according to a periodic transaction report posted by the House Clerk.
The sale was of a jointly held interest the filing calls “Montego,” reported at between $15,001 and $50,000. “The land we owned in an investment fund that purchased land for oil leases was sold,” the filing says. “We owned a small percentage in this fund.”
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act requires members to report a covered trade within 30 days of being notified of it and no later than 45 days after it happens. Arrington’s report lists Nov. 1, 2025, as the date he was notified of the sale, which was itself 114 days after the transaction, and the report was signed 360 days after that notification date. On the dates the filing gives, it came well past both deadlines. The House’s paper reporting form states that a $200 penalty is assessed against anyone who files more than 30 days late.
Arrington, who also serves on the Ways and Means Committee, announced in November 2025 that he would not seek reelection, and his term ends in January 2027. His official website is arrington.house.gov.
The report was one of several new House filings posted from Oct. 27 to Oct. 29 and reviewed for this Monday roundup, which also covers filings made public over the weekend. A separate report by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, listing 32 sales is covered in this morning’s story.
DelBene swaps two municipal bonds
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., a Ways and Means member, reported two jointly held bond trades on Oct. 14 in a filing signed Oct. 28. She bought a Black Belt Energy Gas District of Alabama bond and sold a Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. 5% bond due Dec. 1, 2035. Each trade was reported at between $250,001 and $500,000, the largest ranges in this batch. Her official website is delbene.house.gov.
Hern trims three chip stocks
Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., also on Ways and Means, reported partial sales of three semiconductor-related stocks in a report signed Oct. 28. The Hern Family Foundation, listed as jointly held, sold shares of ASML on Oct. 23 and Texas Instruments on Oct. 14, and a traditional IRA sold Seagate Technology shares on Oct. 23. Each sale was reported at between $15,001 and $50,000. His official website is hern.house.gov.
Paper filings and smaller trades
Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., hand-delivered three paper reports to the Clerk’s Legislative Resource Center on Oct. 27 (first, second, third). Their first pages list 12 jointly held municipal and Treasury bond trades dated Sept. 14 to Oct. 7, including a Sept. 14 sale of a 4% Treasury note due in 2028 reported at between $100,001 and $250,000. Each form lists Oct. 9 as the notification date.
| Member | Filing | Trades | Reported range of each |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio | 20035715 | Partial sales of AIX Ventures Fund II (Oct. 1) and Mercato Partners Traverse IV (Sept. 30) interests in a 2012 trust | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Rep. David Taylor, R-Ohio | 20035727 | Oct. 15 purchases of AT&T, Lam Research, Prologis (two) and RPM International; sales of Marathon Petroleum (two) and Visa | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Rep. Sheri Biggs, R-S.C. | 20035525 | Sept. 30 purchase of Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund by a spouse’s trust | $1,001 to $15,000 |
Based on the dates listed, the reports from DelBene, Hern, Harshbarger, Miller, Taylor and Biggs were all filed within the STOCK Act’s 45-day limit. None of the filings says why the trades were made.
What the batch shows
Of the seven members in this batch, six are Republicans and one is a Democrat. The largest single trades were DelBene’s bond swap, while Arrington’s was the only report filed past the law’s deadlines on its face. Late filing is common: a Washington Inquisitor review last month found that about one in seven House trades since 2025 was reported more than 45 days after it happened.
Bills that would bar members and their spouses from trading individual stocks have been introduced in both chambers this session, and none has become law. Senate trade reports could not be reviewed for this roundup because the Senate’s electronic disclosure site was not reachable. House filings are posted on the Clerk’s financial disclosure site.
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