Bryan Steil

Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Kean).

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time remaining.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Kim).

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nunn), my friend and colleague, to speak on the bill.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lawler), my colleague and friend.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time, and I am prepared to close.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we close out today, I begin by thanking leadership for giving us this opportunity. Congress has not had a bill on the House floor on this topic with this opportunity before. I thank Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer for their work on this. I also thank the Members of this body who have doggedly worked on this issue, in particular Congressman Chip Roy, as well as Brian Fitzpatrick, Tim Burchett, Anna Paulina Luna, and others for their feedback and work throughout the process to get to this point. Before us is the Stop Insider Trading Act. Mr. Speaker, I will touch on a handful of things that came up today about what is in and what is not in the bill. I think this is important for the American people to know. Some of the arguments made today are what I call a Goldilocks argument: The bill doesn't do enough. The bill does too much. Let's take this moment to take a real and substantive step forward. I will begin as I close by discussing what is in the bill. The bill ensures that Members and lawmakers cannot use their positions to profit off of insider information. Mr. Speaker, insider trading is already illegal, and individuals who engage in it should be held accountable by the full force of the law. However, as we know, prosecuting insider trading is actually quite difficult. It is why this bill is so important to provide a bright-line rule to remove even the appearance of impropriety that someone has leveraged their position for financial gain. Under this bill, Members, their spouses, and their dependent children are prevented from purchasing individual companies' shares of stock, period, full stop. The question then becomes: What if a Member arrives in Congress with stock in their portfolio? Say they are saving up for their retirement or their children's college education. We provide an opportunity with 7 days advance notice to be able to make that sale. That 7 days of advance notice tells the American people what is going on in advance rather than current law, which allows a 30-day filing after the fact. This prevents Members from being able to profit off of any insider information they may gain in this institution. Mr. Speaker, the violations and penalties associated with this bill are steep: a fine equal to $2,000 or 10 percent of the transaction, as well as a disgorgement of profits. Violators would be forfeiting any gain realized if they fail to comply with this legislation. The legislation is critical in restoring trust in this institution. One of the challenges we face is that this institution 15 years ago passed the STOCK Act, publicly disclosing any trade a Member of this institution makes. However, the disclosure rules lack detail and are filed a month after the transaction. When you couple that with the increased attention to Member trades, in particular, through social media accounts, it has fueled public frustration. I believe this is our opportunity where we can simply stop Members of Congress from trading individual stocks, period, full stop. Doing so removes even the appearance of wrongdoing. Americans should be confident that individuals working here are working on their behalf, not on behalf of their own financial interests. This bill is coupled with the Voter ID Act. In jurisdictions across this country, States that neighbor mine, like Illinois or Minnesota, or as far away as California or New York, voters can go to the polls on election day and cast a ballot without providing proof of their identity. Our Voter ID Act implements commonsense election integrity measures by requiring voters to show photo ID when casting a ballot in Federal elections. Mr. Speaker, 24 States already require some form of photo ID to vote. The bill simply takes this standard and makes it nationwide. Both of these provisions are commonsense reforms, but, in particular, the Stop Insider Trading Act is a moment when we can take a tremendous step forward in the ethics here in the House of Representatives, in the Senate, and in this institution. At a period of time when Americans are struggling to gain confidence in Congress, this legislation before us gives us that opportunity to begin restoring the trust. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues in this body today to vote in favor of the legislation before us, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3535) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the prohibition against contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with elections to contributions or donations in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3535, the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, introduced by my friend, Representative Brian Fitzpatrick. U.S. elections should be for U.S. citizens only, and only U.S. citizens should be participating in and donating in political causes. Today, gaps in our existing laws undermine this principle and actually permit foreign actors to fund U.S. political activities. It is true. Current law allows foreign funding to infiltrate State and local ballot initiatives, referenda, and recall elections. As we have seen in recent history, those races can attract millions of dollars in outside spending. Some of that has been foreign money, and right now that is completely legal. Shadowy groups, like Sixteen Thirty Fund, funneled millions of foreign-linked dollars into ballot initiatives and campaigns in States, including Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio. It sounds crazy, but it is true, Madam Speaker. We should all be able to agree that foreign funds should not be influencing or financing ballot measures, referenda, or recall elections. Current law, as we know, already prohibits foreign money in Federal elections, and this bill broadens that nonpartisan, commonsense prohibition to similar State and local elections. Madam Speaker, elections should be decided by Americans, and they should not be influenced or funded by foreign nationals. Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation and ensure American elections remain for American citizens only, and I reserve the balance of my time

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, this bill is broadly about making sure that American elections are for American citizens only. As my colleague Mr. Morelle noted, there is a significant, gaping hole in U.S. campaign finance laws, and, in particular, that is in relation to the measures that we have spoken about, about ballot initiatives, other essential pieces of American democracy that currently allow for foreign funding to come in and influence those campaigns. While that is not an office seeker for elected office, I think it is without a doubt that those elections and those ballot initiatives are in many ways equally essential to American democracy. Closing out this gap and making sure that foreign funds are not finding their way into U.S. elections is absolutely essential. I thank my colleague, Mr. Fitzpatrick, for authoring this legislation, understanding the importance of making sure that we are rooting out foreign funds inside U.S. elections. There is a basic premise and a basic principle, and in a particular period of time when it is so simple and so easy for funds to be transmitted into these political activities here in the United States of America, an individual outside of the United States could easily move funds in to influence a U.S. election. Of course, it is illegal for a donation to be made to an individual seeking Federal elected office, but right now the underlying law does not ban that for purposes of ballot initiatives, local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections. This legislation fixes that very important point. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), the author of this bill who is not only a colleague but also a friend.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I will close by saying I thank my colleague Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania and Ranking Member Morelle for their work on closing this gap in Federal law. I encourage all of my colleagues to vote in favor of H.R. 3535, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8738) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require electronic report filing for persons making certain electioneering communications and to permit political committees to make disbursements other than by check.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in strong support of H.R. 8738, the FEC Administrative Improvements Act. I thank my friends, Ranking Member Morelle and the chair of our Subcommittee on Elections, Representative Lee from Florida, for their leadership on this legislation. Our campaign finance system wasn't designed for the digital age. That extends to the statutes governing the work of the Federal Elections Commission. This bill implements several recommendations from the FEC to modernize their administrative operations and reduce outdated administrative burdens. The bill expands the electronic filing requirements to electioneering communications reports and allows political committees to make disbursements by methods other than checks. Madam Speaker, the work of the FEC is important to our Federal election system. This bill improves their efficiency and modernizes our campaign finance system for the digital age. I urge immediate passage of the legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, the ranking member, Mr. Morelle, for his work on this legislation. There is a lot of work to be done to update our campaign finance laws for the digital age, and this is an important piece of legislation. I encourage all my colleagues to vote in favor of H.R. 8738. I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the ordering of a recorded vote on the question of reconsideration of the vote on adoption of House Resolution 1398 be vacated to the end that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and that House Resolution 1377 be laid on the table.

Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate this year's winners of the Congressional Award. The Congressional Award honors those who strive to be part of something bigger than themselves. With this award, Congress recognizes young Americans who devote their free time to an important activity. It could be taking on a public service project, pursuing a hobby or new skill, starting a physical fitness program, or going on an outdoor expedition. Participants set goals in these areas, and how they do in meeting them determines the level of award they receive. Just as important, they receive the sense of pride that comes with fulfilling a mission. The program, established in 1979, is a great way to motivate young people to develop the building blocks of good citizenship. I congratulate each of the award's winners. I include in the Record a list of this year's Congressional Award Gold Medalists from around the country, including two recipients from the great state of Wisconsin: 2026 Congressional Award Gold Medalists AK: Rachel C. Anderson AL: William Crocker, Joshua Macri AP: Chloe Lee AR: Brianna Moore AZ: Gulfinaz Atceken, Johnathan Barbeau II, Anastasia Bradley, Renae Brown, Amanda Grace Burlington, Esther Cui, Furkan Dorum, Jessica Finnie, Hazel Hurlbut, Pariyat Jain, Cooper Johnson, Hiyun Lee, Chloe Mayfield, Kalyn McLeod, Ella Meaker, William Steenken, Sadiya Uddin, Eric Wang CA: Romeo Ahn, Timothy Ahn, Selim Aksu, Dila Alkan, Marah Alomari, Claire An, David An, Stephan Moses An, Ismail Alp Arslan, Madison Bae, Daniel Baek, Seoah Back, Eugene Ban, Ethan Bedetti, Connor Benin, Logan Benin, Bhuvana Bhamidipati, Aron Bhavsar, Diya Bhootra, Freya Bikel, Grayson Bloes, Lilly Boman, Ellie Byun, Lila Callaway, Katharine Campbell, William Candela, Joshua Chae, Aiden Chang, Elizabeth Chang, Sailee Charlu, Chloe Chen, Elise Chen, Isabella Chen, Justin Chen, Beckett Cheng, Ian Chhek, Elliott Adam Chi, Gohith Chittajallu, Daniel Cho, Isabel Cho, Junmin Cho, Mikel Cho. Allen Choi, Gavin Choi, Peter Choi, Soen Choi, Timothy Choi, Yejoon Choi, Elizabeth Christensen, Michael Christensen, Brianna Chu, Ian Chu, Chloe Chun, Isaac Chun, Andrew Chung, Daye Chung, Andrew Chyu, Camryn Cooper, Joseph Curtis. Phoebe Dang, Rohan Dhameja, Derek Di, Ocean Du, Yusuf Durmaz. Selma Emekci, Kerem Eren. Ali Forbush, Caroline Rose Foster, Ethan Fu, Vivienne Fullerton, Neha Ganesan, Sanaa Garach, Rishabh Garg, Mekan Geldiyev, Ian Gopen, Anusha Grewal, Niveta Sree Gunda, Adya Gupta, Anshika Gupta, Rajvansh Gupta, Shreeya Gupta, Suhani Gupta, Jaden Ham, Sophia Han, James Hart, Hajra Hasan, Avery Hexun, Conway Ho, Paige Hoffmann, Reagan Hoffmann, Ann Hong, Ashley Yoonsuh Hong, Ethan Hong, Grace Hong, Kayden Hong, Kushi Hosahalli, Thomas Houston, Grace Huang, Hayden Hughes, Andrew Jaehoon Hwang, Ellen Hwang, Jake Hwang, Sol Hwang, Isaac Jang, Junue Jang, Peter Jang, Phillip Jang, Rachelle Jang, Seongwon Jang, Milla Jans, Daniel Jin, Andrew Jo, Saanvi Juneja, Elizabeth Jung, Sydney KIm, Nikhil Kalburgi, Alex Kang, Andrew Kang, Ashley Kang, Jake Kang, Taeui Kang, Andrew Kao, Neel Karur- Parekh, Ishaan Kendale, Berra Keskin, Kamil Keskin, Burak Keskinturk, Rayhan Khan, Aaron Kim, Aiden Kim, Aiden Kim, Alice Kim, Andrew Kim, Angela Kim, Benjamin Kim, Bethany Kim, Cameron Kim, Chaeeun Kim, Chloe Kim, Claire Kim, Danielle Kim, Elaine Kim, Elliot Kim, Euna Kim, Hailey Kim, Hyunjun Kim, Jason Kim, Jayden Kim, Jayden Kim, Jiwon Kim, Joshua Kim, Matthew Kim, Nicole Kim, Ryan Kim, Seohyun Kim, Susan Kim, Yena Kim, Yulyi Kim, Zachary Kim, Alison Ko, Claire Ko, Yegeon Ko, Rithik Kompelli, Noah Hamin Koo, Anya Kothari, Joanna Kruglick, Jane Kwak, Wing-Hong Lam, Aaron Lee, Alvin Lee, Asher Lee, Brandon Lee, Brian Lee, Caleb Lee, Chris Lee, Christian Lee, Daniel Lee, Daniel Lee, Denise Lee, Dongha Lee, Emily Lee, Eunhyeok Lee, Eunsang Lee, Geonhee Lee, Hajin Lee, Hea Lee, Hwanyi Lee, Isaac Lee, James Lee, Jamie Taeeun Lee, Joel Lee, Jooha Lee, Joshua Lee, Katelyn Lee, Matthew Lee, Mike Lee, Nicole Lee, Noah Lee, Riley Lee, Sean Lee, Seohoo Lee, Soeun Lee , Lorin Leung, Calli Levine, Jinghan Li, Zihan Li, Ethan Liang, JingJing Liang, Katie Libby, Brandon Lim, Joseph Lim, Kayla Lim, Lynzie Lim, Theo Lim, Brandon Lin, Grishm Lingareddy, Toby Litman, Caltong Liu, Kevin Liu, Joshua Lo, Dhruva 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Aadya Rai, Arjun Raj, Meghna Rangarajan, Saanj Rao, Ayaan Raza, Taara Reddy, Naina Rewal, Neil Rewal, Zachary Reynolds, Annette Rhee, Dahee Ryu, Jehoon Ryu, Taina Saenz, Gabriel Sanchez, Neha Shaik, Armand Shaken, Stefan Shaken, Nimishii Sharma, Hugo Shek, Riya Shelar, Makela Shen, Chenpeng Sheng, Nisha Shenoy, Aryav Sheth, Suri Sheth-Shelat, Ethan Shi, Andrew Shin, Hayden Shin, Abhinav Shivalli, Mourya Sibala, Niyant Sithamraju, Xinqing Situ, Olivia Skeete, Chloe Son, Daniel Son, Younga Son, Emma Song, Isabel Song, Akash Sriram, Carolyn Suh, Jiyun Suk, Miju Suk, Zihan Sun, Miu Takahashi, Tanvi Thallapalle, Amber Thornal, Claire Thrasher, Ananya Tirumala, Vaani Tiwari, Kiyan Torabi Parizi, Natthakun Towashiraporn, Thomas Tran, Nerissa Tsai, Ritvik Urkude, Eashan Wahi, Noelle Wan, Brandon Wang, Melody Wang, Christa Wong, Logan Wong, Daniel Wu, Erin Wu, Evan Wu, Sarah Xiang, Kaitlyn Yamanaka, Vera Yang, Bowen Yao, Evelyn Yao, Matthew Yap, Samantha Yee, Sriaditi Yellamraju, Felix Yin, Alexander Yoon, Cecilia Yoon, Chloe Yoon, Emily Yoon, Matthew Yoon, Yeowon Yoon, Allison Yu, Joshua Yu, Kathy Yu, Miles Yui, Jolin Zeng, Angelina Zha, Andrew Zhang, Matthew Zhang, Tiana Zhang, Xiruo Zhang, Aaron Zheng, Iris Zheng, Oscar Zhong, David Zhou, Patrick Zhou, Vanessa Zhou, ZiHan Zhou, Zifan Zhou CO: Ellory Anne Bauersfeld, Zachary Gao, Owen Tribbett, Michael Zhang CT: Emma Frisbie, Shaoheng He, Henry Jin, Anushka Khubchandani, Cole Kim, Grace Lee, Jai Patel, Allison Phelan, Daksh Suryadevara, Carina Weidmann DC: Ayonlah Mckia Carter, Arin Tucker, Luke Paul Kannankeril Voss DE: Joseph Zogheib FL: Christy Banker, Matthew Bartel, Sam Crimaldi, Grace Diez, Noor El-Helw, Lilly Freese, Suma Gadde, Anusha Gupta, Cameron Hamilton, Tristan Hoon, Noah Howes, Yash Jhala, Eric Mathemeier, Evangeline Mathemeier, Enzo Paesano, Yuthika Panigrahi, Joseph Penkala, Andrew Polhemus, Ashleigh Polhemus, Kaya Price, Adeline Roach, Carina Rocco, Alana Rodante, Zanele Sanchez, Selena Shen, Arav 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Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the consumer product company SC Johnson for their longstanding commitment to eliminating malaria and other types of insect-borne disease. Founded in 1886 and headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin, which I have the honor to represent in this chamber, SC Johnson is dedicated to creating a more sustainable, healthier, and transparent world that inspires people and creates opportunities. SC Johnson's commitment to working for a better world is evident in how the company has brought its expertise in science, innovation, and partnerships to address the challenge of preventing and eradicating malaria. For nearly 70 years, SC Johnson has used its entomological expertise, philanthropy, and product innovations to help families protect themselves from malaria and other deadly insect-borne diseases. In 2013, the company established a dedicated Healthier World Initiative team, which has been focused on preventing insect-borne disease among the world's most vulnerable populations and increasing health education in communities around the globe. In this effort, SC Johnson has established a network of 86 community health posts across four countries--Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Indonesia. These clinics serve over two million people annually who would otherwise not have access to care. In Rwanda in particular, the clinics have reduced the average walking time to receive care from 3 hours to 30 minutes. The company's primary focus in this initiative has been to develop and distribute a new class of tools known as spatial repellents to prevent the transmission of diseases like malaria and dengue. Ten-plus years and more than $120 million invested in development, testing, production, and deployment has produced two spatial repellent products--SC Johnson and Guardian and SC Johnson Mosquito Shield. In August 2025, the World Health Organization announced a policy recommendation for spatial repellents to be used to fight insect-borne diseases like malaria, dengue, and Zika--allowing these prevention tools to be distributed to communities with a high malaria burden at a much larger scale. This is one of the first new categories of vector control tools to receive a policy recommendation from the WHO for malaria prevention within the last 25 years. A second important milestone took place on May 13, 2026, when SC Johnson, the U.S. State Department, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria announced a three-year agreement to expand access to Guardian spatial repellents. That collaboration will support the procurement and distribution of approximately 30 million units of Guardian to protect more than 60 million people in high malaria burden countries over the next three years. Guardian is a low-cost, electricity-free tool that provides protection for up to a year and can be used in a wide range of household and humanitarian settings. SC Johnson's partnership with the Global Fund demonstrates how American innovation combined with the Global Fund's global procurement and delivery platform can expand access to life-saving malaria prevention tools, while also enabling sustainable manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, partnering to deploy this innovative American malaria prevention tool aligns with the America First Global Health Strategy, which seeks to promote American public health innovation and technology around the world through private sector engagement and collaboration. Finally, as a testament to SC Johnson's commitment to improving people's lives around the world, the manufacture and distribution of their Guardian spatial repellent remain a not-for-profit initiative for SC Johnson. Sadly, malaria remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, causing more than 600,000 deaths each year, most of them children under the age of five in Sub-Saharan Africa. And nearly every minute, a child dies from this entirely preventable disease. While these statistics may seem discouraging, the innovative work of companies like SC Johnson, along with many other organizations that are united in the fight against malaria, gives me great hope that we are moving closer to eliminating this terrible disease that robs individuals and families of precious futures. Mr. Speaker, I commend SC Johnson, along with the vision and commitment of their Chairman and CEO Dr. Fisk Johnson and the dedication of the company's Healthier World Initiative team, for working to protect vulnerable families from malaria and other insect- borne diseases. I have no doubt that SC Johnson's innovative malaria prevention tool will be a true gamechanger in achieving our shared vision of a world where no one dies from a mosquito bite.

Mr. STEIL

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1300, I call up the bill (H.R. 1329) to permit the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum to be located within the Reserve of the National Mall, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this bill.

Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act, introduced by my colleague, Representative Malliotakis, from New York. This year, our Nation marks its 250th birthday. It has been 250 years since we declared independence. As we celebrate this milestone, I think it is all the more worthy that we pass this bill and begin construction of the museum dedicated to the history of American women. Throughout our history, women have played a pivotal role in so many of our Nation's most celebrated achievements and innovations. In my home State of Wisconsin, three women participated in the famous 1854 meeting at the Ripon schoolhouse, where the Republican Party was born. Mr. Speaker, I was proud to support previous legislation authorizing the creation of this museum. Today's bill takes the important next step by designating an exact location on The National Mall. Additionally, it creates guardrails to ensure this museum does not represent history in a partisan way. I thank Representative Malliotakis for her work on this bill and her continued support to get this to the floor. She has been tenacious in a great way to get us to this spot. I thank her for her hard work. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.