I got another letter from Senator Fetterman yesterday.
This appears to be a new email - in the sense that it's not one he's already sent to me - as he's done before.
Here's the first post-thanks sentence:
To me, this is a simple issue: every American should be represented by elected officials looking out for the people, not lining their own pockets.
And then there's this from the next paragraph:
But it isn’t just about bribes and payouts. I’m committed to putting real teeth into our anti-corruption and ethics laws. Members of Congress shouldn’t be able to use the information we’re given as elected officials to get rich on stock trades or other investments – because we shouldn’t be able to hold individual stocks at all.
OK, now we're getting somewhere. Ethics, insider trading and so on.
As far as I can tell, maybe he's taking another shot at this letter from April 11.
And you'll note that I've already written about a response to this blogpost from April 22. In it, I wrote how disappointed I was at his non-response to my concerns and I urged him to try again.
Perhaps this is that. Owe-Tea-Owe-Aitch, post hoc ergo propter hoc.
In any case, the match isn't perfect. In that original post, I ask for a comment on Senator Warren who asked, on the Senate floor, if President Trump's posting on Truth Social about it being a great time to buy assets - which he posted hours before changing course on tariffs - was insider trading info for his supporters.
Senator Fetterman is talking about members of Congress and insider trading. Close but no cigar.
But it's closer than some of Fetterman's responses, don't mistake me.
They still need to do better over there in Fetterman-ville. Real constituents have real questions and deserve real answers - not restatements of generalized policy positions.
The letter:
