Rep. Craig Joins Colleagues in Launching Anti-Corruption Campaign, Reintroduces Legislation to Ban Members of Congress from Serving on Corporate Boards

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, building on her years-long effort to reform Washington, U.S. Representative Angie Craig joined her colleagues in introducing the End Corruption Now legislative agenda. Through this anti-corruption campaign, Rep. Craig and her colleagues aim to confront political corruption and clean up government by introducing six bills that will put power back in the hands of the American people. These bills will prevent the President, Executive Branch officials, and Members of Congress from personally benefiting from their offices.

As part of the End Corruption Now agenda, Rep. Craig reintroduced her Restoring Integrity to Democracy Resolution to ban Members of the House from serving on corporate boards while also serving in office.

Joining Rep. Craig in launching the campaign are Reps. Joe Neguse (CO-02), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Pat Ryan (NY-18), Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-02). 

“Elected officials are elected to serve their constituents, not their own self-interests,” said Rep. Craig (MN-02). “It’s past time we pass legislation to clean up Washington and ensure our tax dollars are being spent as they should – on improving the lives of everyday Americans. That’s why I’m proud to be partnering with my colleagues on this anti-corruption campaign to make common-sense reforms that will restore integrity, transparency and efficiency to our government.”

Since she came to Congress, Rep. Craig has led the charge to fight corruption and restore integrity to Washington, DC. 

In April, she reintroduced her Halt Unchecked Member Benefits with Lobbying Elimination (HUMBLE) Act -- a broader package of reforms that would ban Members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks, prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for first-class airline tickets, prevent Members from serving on corporate boards while they are in Congress, eliminate access to Members-only perks for former Members and end automatic pay raises for Members of Congress.

In January of 2024, Rep. Craig led a bipartisan coalition of 26 Members pushing Speaker Johnson and House leaders to bring a Congressional stock trading ban to a vote. Then, again in July of last year, ahead of the Senate markup of the legislation to ban Congressional stock trading, she led her colleagues in urging Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer and Congressional leaders to bring the bill to the House Floor for a vote.

You can view Rep. Craig’s remarks from todays’ press conference here.

You can read the full text of the Restoring Integrity to Democracy Resolution here.

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