Financial disclosures show Rep. April McClain Delaney, a Potomac Democrat, made repeated stock trades in a dependent child's account while publicly calling for a congressional trading ban.

Maryland Bay News reported Saturday, Sept. 12 that Delaney's filings list trades in companies including BWX Technologies, Entegris and TransDigm. Congressional trade-tracking accounts posted additional details: an Aug. 25 filing disclosed sales of ITT and MLM stock worth $250,000 to $500,000 each, plus six more sales ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 apiece. Trade-tracking account GovGreed noted Friday, Sept. 11 that the same filing contained 76 additional transactions, making Delaney one of seven members of Congress to report a stock sale of $250,000 or more in 2026.

Delaney has publicly opposed congressional stock trading. In a Baltimore Banner voter guide published around May 20, she wrote: "No, members of Congress should not be allowed to trade individual stocks. It creates a blatant conflict of interest and erodes public trust."

She cosponsors two bills that would restrict trading. The TRUST in Congress Act (H.R. 396) would require members, spouses and dependent children to place assets in a qualified blind trust. The Restore Trust in Congress Act (H.R. 5106), a bipartisan measure introduced by Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Seth Magaziner (D-RI) in September 2025, would ban members and their families from owning or trading individual stocks. That bill drew 142 cosponsors at introduction but stalled in committee without a floor vote.

When a stock-trading ban did reach the House floor, Delaney voted no. The Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R. 7008), championed by House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), passed 232-198 on July 22 with only 13 Democrats joining all Republicans. The bill would bar members, spouses and dependent children from buying new stocks but let them keep existing holdings.

Most Democrats who opposed H.R. 7008 objected to an attached voter ID requirement and said the bill did not cover the executive branch. Rep. Magaziner said on July 22 that Republicans were linking a "partial stock trading ban" to a voter ID measure to pressure members into supporting it, CNN reported. The bill faces an uncertain path in the Senate because of the voter ID language.

Under the STOCK Act, passed in 2012, members must report trades above $1,000 within 45 days. The law requires only a value range, not exact dollar figures.

Delaney faces Republican Robin Ficker of Boyds and Green Party candidate Moshe Landman in the Nov. 3 general election for Maryland's 6th District, which covers part of Montgomery County including Potomac. Delaney won a costly primary earlier this year against former Rep. David Trone, who loaned his campaign $25 million. Delaney put $11 million of her own money into that race, Maryland Matters reported.

Delaney's office has not publicly responded to the disclosures.