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ICYMI: Landsman Wants to Ban Stock Trading in Congress — After He Got Caught Trading Stocks

Cincinnati Democrat’s 250-page “Drain the Swamp Act” can’t drain his own record

CINCINNATI, OH — In case you missed it, the Dayton Daily News reported this week on Rep. Greg Landsman’s newly introduced “Drain the Swamp Act” — a 250-page bill (H.R. 1280) co-sponsored with New York Democrat Josh Riley that would ban members of Congress, the president, the vice president, Supreme Court justices, and their families from owning or trading stocks.

There’s just one problem: Greg Landsman is the same congressman who broke the existing law on this exact issue.

Landsman violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act by failing to properly disclose dozens of his own stock trades — 87 trades worth roughly $1.4 million. In March 2025, only after getting caught, Landsman and his wife Sarah unloaded hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate stock they personally held, including shares in defense contractors and a tobacco company.

Now he’s asking voters to give him credit for a bill cracking down on the very behavior he engaged in.

Eric Conroy’s campaign called the legislation what it is: political cover.

“Greg Landsman wants a parade for writing a bill to ban stock trading in Congress — but he’s the one who got caught hiding $1.4 million in trades and quietly dumping stock in defense contractors and Big Tobacco. Is this reform, or is it a cover-up?” said Tim Edson, spokesman for Conroy for Congress. “You don’t get to break the law and then write yourself a permission slip. Cincinnati families see right through it.”

“Greg Landsman got caught failing to disclose $1.4 million in stock trades and quietly dumping shares in defense contractors and Big Tobacco — and now he wants a medal for a 250-page bill telling everyone else not to do it,” said Eric Conroy. “Cincinnati families aren’t fooled. They don’t need a show bill from a career politician trying to launder his own record. They need a representative who has actually served this country and will actually serve them.”

The bottom line: voters in Ohio’s 1st District have a clear choice in November — between a congressman who wrote a bill to clean up the behavior he was caught doing, and Eric Conroy, who has spent his career serving the country instead of himself.

READ THE FULL STORY: Dayton Daily News — “Warren Co. lawmaker’s ‘Drain the Swamp Act’ targets D.C. stock trading”

About Eric Conroy

Eric Conroy’s mission began on the West Side of Cincinnati, where four generations of blue-collar grit and a World War II veteran grandfather taught him that service is bigger than self. After 9/11, Eric answered the call to serve, graduating near the top of his class from the U.S. Air Force Academy, rising to the rank of Captain in Special Operations units, and later serving as a CIA Case Officer conducting high-risk intelligence missions that helped keep Americans safe.

Though his service took him around the world, Eric’s heart never left Cincinnati. Now, he’s running for Congress to fight for working families, revitalize Main Street, strengthen public safety, and ensure the American Dream remains within reach for every Ohio family.

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