S 839referred119th Congress

Safeguarding Honest Speech Act

Introduced Mar 4, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Government Operations and PoliticsLast action Mar 4, 2025Sponsor: Ted Cruz(R-TX)

governmentGovernment Operations and Politics

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Lobbying Filings

$56.8M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Mar 4, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Mar 7, 2025trade

Josh Gottheimer bought GILD

Mar 10, 2025trade

Carol D. Miller bought GILD

Mar 31, 2025trade

Jefferson Shreve bought GILD

Apr 16, 2025trade

John Boozman sold GILD

Apr 16, 2025trade

John Boozman sold GILD

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 4, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Mar 4, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN	HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN	$20.4M	Jul 16, 2025	2025Q2	CIVTAXHCR
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN	HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN	$19.4M	Apr 17, 2025	2025Q1	HCRLAWDEF
THE MCMANUS GROUP

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Josh Gottheimer	D	GILD	GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.	Buy	Mar 7, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	3d after	GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.	31%
Carol D. Miller	R

Conflict Summary

7 trades by 4 members of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on S 839. The average conflict score is 30%.

Josh Gottheimer (2 trades)Carol D. Miller (1 trade)Jefferson Shreve (2 trades)John Boozman (2 trades)

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.