WASHINGTON — In a stirring Sunday-morning television appearance, Representative Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) called for an immediate stock trading ban across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, specifying that the reform must take effect “no later than the exact moment my wife gets a fill on those KBR puts.”

The congressman, who has spent weeks positioning himself as a leading anti-corruption voice in the House, explained that public servants should be held to the highest standard. “Americans need to know their leaders aren’t playing the market,” Stutzman said, glancing at an Apple Watch displaying a Robinhood order screen. “That’s why I’m proposing a hard statutory deadline: the millisecond after Marla’s position closes. I’ve been screaming about this for three days. Anyone who serves the public should wait until my family’s brokerage account settles before the new ethics regime begins.”

Colleagues on both sides of the aisle expressed support for the sequencing. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a longtime advocate for a congressional trading ban, called Stutzman’s framework “an encouraging step, provided the window extends to members who still hold legacy Dogecoin positions they forgot to sell in 2021.”