The Senate Armed Services Committee prohibits its staff and presidential appointees requiring Senate confirmation from owning stocks or bonds in 48,096 companies that have Defense Department contracts. But the senators who sit on the influential panel are allowed to own any assets they want.

There was an article within the last couple years about how Senators stock portfolios, on average, way outperformed the market.
Well sure, I mean they gotta be smart if they’re gonna be elected Senator right?