'Do You Own Individual Stocks?': Hawley Grills Jennifer Granholm

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm in today's Senate Energy Committee.
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[@soupsandwich1]

Of course stock ownership should be banned from government officials. Who could possibly disagree with that?

[@yvonneplant9434]

They're also private citizens. Hawley didn't hesitate to raise his arm in that semi-Nazi salute on 1/6. He even looks like he belongs in the SS/SD in the 1930s/ early 1940s.

[@kayvee9094]

@@yvonneplant9434 Wow so now we are going to talk looks. Thats all you dems have, name calling and Trump Trump Trump.

[@christopherreardon7170]

they would lol

[@soupsandwich1]

@@yvonneplant9434 You sound totally sane.

[@piratescove4]

​@@yvonneplant9434 is a activist/communist.

[@dennisg4053]

Really? 100,000 people work at DOE ??? We could lose about 10,000 jibs there, and NOBODY would even notice.

[@patriciatumlin7326]

Get ELON on the job✅ He could cut massive waste and still have time & people to get jiggy with 🤠

[@dillonkayser4215]

You could lose 90,000 jobs easily. It’d be just fine.

[@dillonkayser4215]

Although, I’d suggest employing these 90,000 people instead of our tax payer dollars disappearing into the ether like usual.

[@georgefaulk2528]

99,999 work from home.

[@AB-jz9ns]

Elon Musk would keep 10,000 people and send the rest home.

[@chin_chillinthomas56]

The Energy Dept. has 100,000 employees! That's part of the problem.

[@Shithead63]

Crooks every last one of them.

[@andyjurkans7523]

Just ask Nancy.....

[@WizzRacing]

Forget the Stock.. She told you she has 100,000 Employees. And you wonder why taxpayers cover $2.8 Trillion a year. Just to cover their Salaries. Pension Funds. Premium Medical etc.. Each damn year.. You really think they are worth $2.8 Trillion a year out of the Economy?

[@solomon740]

90,000 of those 100,000 DOE employees should be pumping gas at the local convenience store.

[@dyates6380]

YOU nailed it. I dropped my beer when I heard that. That is beyond, BEYOND, outrageous.

[@lisawess6448]

Hold her accountable

[@sandracloke6268]

Hawley, Cruz, Kennedy, and Jordan are the best at getting to the hearts of the matter and holding a lot of feet to the fire.

[@rhondablosser1964]

Absolutely

[@maxwelltodman7211]

She gave her stock in electric batteries company to her daughter. That’s why she pushed for electric vehicles.

[@jeffreyrichard2575]

that is what green energy/climate change is about.

[@KJ-od8wq]

It’s literally her job. Next you’re gonna cry because Joe Biden used veto powers.

[@mrwilliamwonder]

@@jeffreyrichard2575 And how do you charged the batteries? With electricity derived from fuel.

[@atheisticallysound]

Exactly. Look at what the Clintons did with Chelsea. Biden with Hunter. The children are the heirs of unimaginable wealth that has been worked out of the elected positions.

[@Simon_PieMan]

@@JulianKazmier-vo3fnBut how far do you take it? Same for friends, neighbors?

[@gleamingeyes28]

They SHOULD NOT be able to own any stock while serving the ppl.

[@louisepage3842]

It is not just the influence part of buying, owning and selling stocks, but obtaining insider information not available to Joe Public!

[@jakemenard2593]

Exactly!

[@jonRboy]

Yeah, but you really can't separate out the parts that you seem to want to be separating. It's the 'inside info' that's the key. You make your decisions on what stocks to buy, and the timing of your trades based on your insider information. There's no influence in and of itself merely of buying, owning and selling stocks, as your first sentence seemed to suggest. So, it's all about and only about the insider info that people in certain govt. positions have that regular investors don't have.

[@louisepage3842]

Your ignorance of how government employees game the system by garnering information only available to them and their cronies is exceptional.

[@DC9417]

​​@@jonRboy Once elected, all politicians and senior department officials should be required to put their investments in a blind trust and have no involvement or communication with the trustee until they are out of office. I believe that would solve the problem. Just my opinion. I forgot to include direct family members as well to avoid the Nancy Pelosi situation.

[@jonRboy]

@@DC9417 I would tend to agree with what you just stated. However, I do think that there needs to be attention given to the difference between individual stocks and Bonds AND investments such as mutual funds and ETFs. The latter group are investments sold in 'groups' so it's not clear how someone could directly game the system. But, I guess those could still be problematic as some ETFs and Mutual funds target certain Industries and market sectors. But even so, I would think that the insider trading abuse potential with these types of investments would still be much less than individual company equity and bond investments.

[@greorith]

I love how gleeful she is talking about insider trading.

[@FuturesBrizio]

The most disturbing thing in this entire exchange that Granholm said was there are 100,000 employees in the DOE!!!! A 100,000 people sucking off the taxpayers, taking away freedom, and not producing one single solitary bit of energy. And that’s just one agency!!!! Sick.

[@rlin2648]

Insider trading of course.

[@4Kandlez]

Of course she has stocks in these energy companies, she just informs family members which ones to buy, aka insider trading. She's got her snout in the money trough like all the other bent politicians

[@wutm8]

congress is the closest thing we have to a corrupt monarchy or oligarchy in this country, they are allowed to do inside trading, and if you watch "NFL vs. NBA vs. Congress" they pretty much can get away with whatever they want. its disgusting

[@TEWinkes]

4Kandlez, yup, nothing new there. I am from Michigan so it continues.

[@stubby1122]

She is completely unaware of anything going on under her watch.

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

Shes well aware. It's beem proven. Same two talking. He proved she lied. She knew damn well.

[@klars3207]

There can't possibly be 100,000 people in the DOE. Insanity. Guess I'll have to work more OT to pay for all these leeches.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Who exactly do you think is working on the fusion tech? Hundreds of people.

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

@@yvonneplant9434 😂 you think the DOE is doing cutting edge research in energy production ?? 🤡

[@piratescove4]

​@@yvonneplant9434 hundreds of people don't need 100,000 people. Is simple math that hard for people like you? How about be quiet on stuff you don't know?

[@johnh6515]

What was the number of employees, before you were hired ?

[@kronusx3484]

@@yvonneplant9434 so basically not even 1%? In this case what are the other 99% doing?

[@jamesparker1071]

The theater of the absurd. Imagine refusing to answer, then lying to your bosses, all while actively working to undermine the company you are supposed to be working for?

[@ogstopper]

It's a talking shop, that's all. It's the circus in "Bread and Circuses".

[@cashstore1]

Pelosi would not agree about the stock thing.

[@jodymcgrady8654]

She does now apparently!! 😈💩🤡!! Also, just learned she is still on OUR payroll until 2025!!

[@whatta7793]

Same thing I thought.. and that's just Pelosi, imagine how many others are insider trading within our Government.

[@LeighPogue]

Let’s do senator Hawley. Let’s ban ALL STOCK TRADING for any members of govt. I don’t care how high up or how low on the totem pole they are. If they receive a govt check from employment , they are not allowed to play or pass go

[@jamesritchie2167]

I worked for both JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. I understand ethics and compliance extremely well. If you work for either firm you are forbidden from trading and in some cases in holding stock on the “restricted list”. Period. All trades irrespective have to get prior compliance sign off. A breach of these rules results in instant dismissal and likely loss of deferred compensation. This should apply to ALL government departments full stop. The fact that members of Congress and the Senate are exempt from Insider Dealing Laws beggars belief! Self serving crimminals !

[@roostercrows3477]

So friends in different departments don't share information 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WOW ! OK ! SURE .

[@yepperooyepperoo5800]

Shouldn't be able to buy any stock because it would be ridiculous trying to keep track of that. They get paid enough.

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

100,000 people doing nothing.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@lesseirgpapers9245 You and I are making these comments because we're not doing much of anything.

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

@@yvonneplant9434 I meant the 100,000 people working at the DOE. Price of electricity doubled. After spending 10 trillion on renewables they reduced the world consumtion of fossil fuel from 80% to 81%

[@dougb4835]

100,000 employees just in the Department of Energy. We don't even need a Department of Energy.

[@josephcalamita3396]

In the FAA we are not permitted to own any aviation company stocks. None at all. How are all these other government officials in Energy, NIH or whatever get away with it?

[@normanhopkins6114]

Because they're democrats.

[@patiencefalters9024]

Thank you Hawley!!!

[@randallharman5424]

A hundred thousand people are in her agency, that’s a lot!

[@richardroth8091]

What are her qualifications for energy secretary, again?

[@beyond_the_infinite2098]

Granholm worships at the feet of Al Gore and subscribes to his climate crisis apocalypse. She actually thinks she's saving the planet by making us poor, restricting travel, and instituting socialism. She believes its the price YOU must pay.

[@justincace5517]

The same as yours to collect that sweet support every month. Get a job dude damn.

[@justincace5517]

You're CANADIAN ?! Why are you commenting on our laws LMAO

[@ttfahd]

Love how they laugh at questions

[@nickmcdonald9935]

of course she doesnt, she had her husband own the stocks....Hunter does give her a smaller cut than the 10% for the big guy

[@yvonneplant9434]

If H. Biden starts " using" again will that satisfy this obsession about him?

[@frankhinstein2843]

"Over my dead body"..Nancy P.

[@ronlaugsburger6991]

Federal Elected and employees should be required to put all thier investments in the TSP funds until out of service or office.

[@robertwaters2469]

Crooked

[@strangefruit8776]

This woman is out of her mind. No one is going to invest in an industry they will attack.

[@deborahbozin6587]

The people of Michigan voted her in. Can you believe that the roads there were the worst in the country for 15 years pot holes as big as basketballs . She got nothing done she fits right in with the Biden crime family.

[@NietzscheanMan]

She is not out of her mind, she is just lying.

[@sirnicholibraden86]

100,000 Employee's in the Dept doing absolutely NOTHING and that WE ARE PAYING FOR. What a waste. Get these people out.

[@mzbn5251]

incredible. She 1) doesn't know when to just shut up 2) amazingly trying to portray an approval of insider stock trading by politicians in areas of conflict of interest.

[@tonycamaj7243]

She’s made a mockery of this hearing.

[@LegLake]

Eventually AI will know the exact name of the person who is trading stocks in Congress so we can do the same.

[@tyl8770]

There were people making a ton of money off of looking at Senate and Congressional stock purchases from those who were obviously conducting insider trading.

[@pigboykool]

Did she listen to herself? Her answer is freaking laughable!

[@tomscience274]

Granholm is Canadian not American. Damn right she owns stocks.

[@marymorales9395]

Hawley for president!!!!!

[@willisscott3107]

Put Jennifer in jail…

[@leonardlloyd1089]

No one in congress should be in the stock market, its a conflict of interest.

[@RVLIEK5]

Group A advises Group B about the “group A related stocks” and Group B advises Group A about the “group B related stocks

[@Aziz__0]

The stock market rally still appears to be in the midst of a normal pullback. I just sold my home in the Boca Grande area and I’m looking to remunerate a lump sum into the stock market before stocks rebound, is this a good time to buy or no?

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[@proudaussie3522]

you are asking people on KZbin ? seriously...

[@boborzech3367]

Yikes...........

[@patriciawitt8174]

You don't have to be involved in the decisions but you could have knowledge of what's going on...

[@alvinfry]

This ignorant Karen belongs in prison.

[@donaldvoyles9457]

What are 100,000 people in the Energy Department doing?

[@thepunadude]

1ST QUESTION: 'HAVE YOU BOTH, SIGNED AND DECLARED AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION?

[@adama2511]

They both seem to be clueless when it comes to investing. Especially her with her ridiculous responses. Having inside information is wrong period. Impacting policy to raise or drop a stock should put you in jail for life. People can profit when shorting as well. Govt officials can also direct others to trade for them. It is completely illegal and unacceptable.

[@danielshields2960]

Yes

[@cCiIcCo]

And their families, too

[@donaldcalabrese8200]

our gift from Canada

[@susannyren9205]

That’s the way things should go in the government , explanations and civil discussions and agreements ! Well done 🤔

[@PetitePalateBaby]

doesn't matter if they aren't involved in decision making - they know inside information that is happening and shouldn't be allowed to trade on it

[@barry155]

WOW an agreement

[@BeenThereOverItNow]

Oh no biggie then... "I simply forgot to claim my investments"..... If you in the private sector failed in that large of an ethics violation... Trust me YOU WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A JOB!!!!

[@sabrinaprince8577]

This is too much govetnment and needs to be less. Now they own stocks? Its crazy!!!

[@ferdinandsiegel4470]

These people think we're stupid.

[@MultiCconway]

Why does the Dept. of Energy still exist?

[@tomvanetten]

Arrest here why isn't she in jail

[@eehsua]

Inside trading maybe?

[@donnaparrish7638]

Ask pelosi.

[@adolphmartin2014]

She shouldn't get the job she's already trouble breaking the laws

[@robertthomson4978]

They're all at it....

[@brendacasey52]

Inside trading …

[@johnberger5539]

They should be held to the same standards as NEOs and Boards of Directors of any public company regulated by the SEC. I.e., you can't buy/sell/trade any stock except for 3 business days during any fiscal quarter following the last public filing and under a formerly approved 10b5-1 plan. (Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to sell company stock by setting up a predetermined plan that specifies in advance the share price, amount, and transaction date.). If you do so, you are subject to financial clawback provisions, financial penalties and dismissal.

[@randyvalentine8393]

Hawley you got her !

[@cheekyyankee]

100k people in the Energy Dept is ridiculous!!!

[@sinistar426]

Do the folks doing the "reviews" on ethics have stocks in those companies as well? Why would the folks doing the "policing" want to rat out ppl if they are doing the same thing? Its like asking a bank robber to guard the vault.

[@DC9417]

That's a darn good question. Perhaps a CPA firm should hired to do the reviews.

[@heidiw8406]

This wouldn't be a problem if we didn't have a department of energy.

[@CAHOBBES]

And this corrupt woman teaches our children? Misunderstood she had to file at the beginning of her first term, NOT the end of her first year, sad, criminally sad.

[@Hmmm313]

Fire all

[@johnphillips2479]

Your service requires,"your sacrifice".

[@joelmitchell7597]

"We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[@pearlbhon631]

Of course 😢

[@lecleland1]

Once they begin a job in government they should put all of their stock in a blind trust.

[@hooterville1863]

Not good enough. They shouldn't be allowed to own any.

[@DC9417]

And have no communication with the trustee either by the individual or a family member.

[@JonathanLee-cv7lw]

I don’t know they hide everything from me. Name is sealed.

[@Sanwizard1]

100,000 people JUST in the "energy" agency? Government is way to large.

[@kirklamb3270]

i thought she got caught owning stock in an electric bus company the government then signed a huge contract with.

[@jeffd5310]

The important question is why do we have 100,000 people in this agency??

[@JordanpauLynn]

Behold! The "Honorable" hypocrite in Jennifer Granholm

[@josephdeliman9291]

Secretary Granholm, WAY TO HANDLE hawley! and his lil’ ‘grandstanding attempt’.. 😂

[@darengreen1923]

The light of evil or wrong doing is a great way to undermine the public perview.

[@dietersdawgs]

she's simply a criminal....put her in stocks in the public square and give her forty lashes!

[@matthewvoss6970]

Everything shes ever done has been done first!!!! 🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@Max-zn9ko]

She not telling the truth again

[@kevinmorris7722]

She's not believable at all. At least she tried to answer, some don't. She also threw her dept of insider traders under the bus. Cowardly too...

[@shawnsb7583]

Embarrassing.

[@PaddyMcCarthy2.1]

What you are watching is the energy secretary lying to congress, she would later come back and say she made a "mistake". Note, she is a qualified lawyer, so she knows what perjury is, but she does it anyway.

[@rpm7997]

She needs to be fired! She has no idea how to do her job.

[@itzhakbentov6572]

Dismantle Dept of E. Put Granholm in jail

[@danielshields2960]

See how they protect tgeir people she knows hes right

[@TheBohemianAngels]

All these SOB's should not be allowed to buy and trade stocks while serving the people. Period.

[@cortransport]

That’s right

[@francesmunoz1994]

Good job buddy

[@beverleybrown5365]

🤯 wouldn’t they know where the money was going, no matter where they worked.🤯

[@dsolomon]

We should create a mutual fund that mirrors the stock ownership of Congress and executive branch senior leaders. I’m sure it would do very well.

[@garywilliams1779]

Go get Nancy P. She has been doing this for years, Above the Law

[@MovieRelated]

because coworkers don't share insider information between departments.

[@skiphamblin2185]

Jennifer Granholm used to be the governor of Michigan, the worse governor we ever had!!

[@normanhopkins6114]

This is what you get when you put a person in a position of authority based upon their political party. She has no place being Sec. of Energy.