Rick Larsen
Price Movement Since Trade
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Suspicious Timing Detected
5 flagsRep. Larsen bought $1,001 - $15,000 in $META on 2026-01-07, 7 days before the "Antitrust Freedom Act of 2026" (S3638) was introduced, which aims to reduce antitrust enforcement.
Rep. Larsen bought $1,001 - $15,000 in $WM on 2026-01-07, 26 days before the "Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025" (HR6432) was introduced, which increases funding for brownfield remediation.
Rep. Larsen bought $1,001 - $15,000 in $WM on 2026-01-07, 79 days before HR8137 was introduced, establishing tax credits for renewable materials production.
These flags identify timing coincidences between stock trades and legislative activity. They do not imply wrongdoing. Click any bill number or ticker to see the full analysis.
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| Type | Ticker | Asset | Amount | Trade Price | Current | Change | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUY | $DRI | Darden Restaurants, Inc. Common Stock | $1K-$15K | $199.77 | $190.63 | -4.6% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| BUY | $META | Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A Common Stock | $1K-$15K | $648.69 | $575.05 | -11.4% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| BUY | $WM | Waste Management, Inc. Common Stock | $1K-$15K | $215.97 | $233.31 | +8.0% | Jan 7, 2026 |
| SELL | $ESS | Essex Property Trust, Inc. Common Stock | $1K-$15K | $251.06 | — | — | Jan 7, 2026 |
| SELL | $MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A Common Stock | $1K-$15K | $51.51 | — | — | Jan 7, 2026 |
| SELL | $VRSK | Verisk Analytics, Inc. - Common Stock | $1K-$15K | — | — | — | Jan 7, 2026 |
Connected Legislative Activity
10 signalsThese bills and contracts share tickers or sectors with this filing's trades.
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025
HR6432 authorizes $1.25B over five years for EPA brownfields grants but remains in early House committee stage with no Senate companion or appropriations backing. WM ($234.2) and RSG ($209.11) could see small incremental remediation revenue if the bill is enacted and funded, but near-term market impact is negligible.
Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
The Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 (HR261) is an early-stage, bipartisan regulatory relief bill that eliminates duplicative NOAA permitting for subsea cables in national marine sanctuaries if state/federal permits already exist. This directly reduces project costs and timelines for major subsea cable owners and operators including $GOOGL, $MSFT, $AMZN, $VZ, $T, $TMUS, and $META. The bill has advanced out of House committee on a partisan 25-18 vote and has an identical Senate companion (S2873), indicating moderate but incomplete passage probability.
Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act
S.3831 is an early-stage, procedural bill mandating additional SEC disclosures for multi-class stock companies like $GOOGL and $META. It imposes minor compliance costs but zero revenue impact. The bill has no material market implications at its current stage.
To ban the sale of nitrous oxide consumer products, and for other purposes.
HR7945, the Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026, is an early-stage bill referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It would ban consumer products containing nitrous oxide but carves out broad exemptions for medical/dental use, commercial food production, and food products using N2O as a propellant — meaning no impact on major food/beverage companies. The bill has only one sponsor (a junior member) and one cosponsor, with no further legislative action since introduction. Market data shows no bill-related price movements.
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
The Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (S836) passed the Senate unanimously and now awaits House action, expanding COPPA to cover teens up to age 16. This directly prohibits targeted advertising to teens without parental consent, structurally harming the ad-revenue models of major social platforms. The four largest pure-play and diversified ad platforms — META, GOOGL, SNAP, PINS — face a combined estimated annual revenue headwind of $430M to $1.72B from lost youth-targeted ad inventory.
SCAM Act
The SCAM Act (HR7548) removes Section 230 immunity for fraudulent advertising, directly increasing legal and compliance costs for all major ad-funded platforms. The bill is early-stage (just referred to committee), but the companion Senate bill and 22 cosponsors signal bipartisan traction. Real market data shows META dropped 10.23% in the last 7 days (to $605.95), GOOGL gained 8.13% (to $372.39), and AMZN slipped 0.75% (to $262) — the divergence suggests META's heavier ad revenue concentration and recent weakness may be amplifying regulatory risk perception.
Antitrust Freedom Act of 2026
The Antitrust Freedom Act of 2026 (S.3638) would eliminate all federal antitrust liability for voluntary economic coordination, structurally supporting every large-cap US corporation facing active antitrust litigation. However, the bill is in early-stage referral with zero committee action since January 2026, making near-term passage probability virtually nil. Market impact is currently speculative; the data shows no price reaction to this bill because it has moved nowhere.
Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026
HR7816 is an early-stage bill restricting warrantless commercial data acquisition by intelligence agencies. It poses marginal negative risk to third-party threat intelligence feeds, but cybersecurity companies' core revenues depend on proprietary endpoint/network telemetry, not purchased data. The bill faces a long legislative path with low passage probability in current form. Market data shows cybersecurity stocks with strong 30-day gains (CRWD +13.7%, PANW +11.0%, S +10.6%) despite a slight pullback in the last 7 days.
CLEAN–UP Act
HR7268 (CLEAN-UP Act) is an early-stage, zero-funding procedural bill that shields the Army from CERCLA liability for contaminated sediment remediation. It has no near-term market impact on any publicly traded company. $WM and $RSG show typical recent price action, with no catalyst from this legislation.
PROTECT Act
The PROTECT Act (HR 7045) would repeal Section 230, eliminating the legal safe harbor protecting social media platforms from liability for user content. This is a structural bearish catalyst for $META and $SNAP. The bill has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and remains in early legislative stages, but represents the most direct existential threat to the social media advertising business model introduced in this Congress.
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Data sourced from the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Clerk Financial Disclosure system. Stock prices from Financial Modeling Prep. Suspicious timing flags identify coincidences between stock trades and legislative activity and do not imply any wrongdoing or illegal activity. This is not financial advice.