U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle , a second term member of Congress from Oregon who wants to ban lawmakers and their families from buying and selling individual stocks, is the latest member of Congress to violate a conflicts-of-interest and financial transparency law.
Hoyle , elected in 2022 to represent Oregon’s 4th District, was weeks or months late disclosing 217 individual stock trades by her husband, Stephen, according to an OpenSecrets review of Hoyle’s new congressional financial disclosure document .
The trades’ combined value: between $245,215 and $3,355,000. (Federal lawmakers are only required to disclose the values of their trades in broad ranges.)
Among the dozens of corporate stock transactions Hoyle was late reporting: those of Google parent Alphabet, Amazon.com, Apple, Bank of Am