Sens. Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Becca Balint did not report owning any individual stocks on their most recent personal financial disclosures to Congress.
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… The Canada lynx. The American marten. And now, wealthy federal lawmakers who don’t trade individual stocks. Sens. Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, along with Rep. Becca Balint, did not report owning any individual stocks on their most recent personal financial disclosures to Congress. Despite not trading stocks, the Vermont delegation is significantly wealthier than the average Vermonter. Welch and Balint both have median net worths of over $1 million, and Sanders’ is on the cusp. …
The only source directly addressing the claim is a VTDigger article (source 3, unrated, credibility 0.40) that repeats the assertion that Welch, Sanders and Balint reported no individual stocks; it is not a primary disclosure record, and no primary financial disclosure filings for these members are in the sources.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What we found
Context. The VTDigger article states that Welch, Sanders and Rep. Balint did not report owning individual stocks on their most recent personal financial disclosures, matching the claim wording.[4]
Context. A Reddit post reproduces the VTDigger article and mentions Welch previously trading individual stocks, but it is a repost with no independent disclosure record.[5]
Context. The CRS report and Campaign Legal Center fact sheet discuss congressional stock ownership and proposed trading limits generally, without addressing these three members' disclosures.[1][6]
Context. The remaining sources concern federal funding announcements, the 2026 elections, and staff biographies, and do not address the members' financial disclosures.[2][3][7][8][9][10]
Sources
10 sources: 3 primary, 7 not rated
- 1Proposals to Limit Member of Congress Financial Activitiescongress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Sanders, Welch, Balint Secure More than $100 Million for ...welch.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Governor Scott, Senator Sanders, Senator Welch, and ...governor.vermont.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Vermont's congressional members are rich. But they don't ...vtdigger.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Vermont's congressional members are rich. But they don't ...reddit.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING BY THE NUMBERScampaignlegal.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Becca Balintballotpedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Congratulations to Tim Ashe, our Democratic nominee for ...facebook.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Can Amanda Janoo Pull Off an Upset in the Race for ...sevendaysvt.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 10Advanced Staff Searchlegistorm.com · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- Becca Balint sold stocks including Adobe, Intuit and Netflix before taking office in January 2023.Can’t tell
- Becca Balint has a median net worth of more than $1.6 million according to her 2024 financial report.True
- In 2021, Peter Welch failed to properly disclose that his wife sold $6,238 worth of ExxonMobil stock around the time he was questioning the oil company’s CEO at a House committee oversight hearing.True
- Bernie Sanders has a median net worth of $979,015 according to his 2024 annual financial disclosure.Can’t tell
- Bernie Sanders is a co-sponsor of the Ending Trading and Holdings In Congressional Stocks Act, introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkley in 2023.True