Aged Like Milk: 5 Worst Congressional Trades of the Last 90 Days

Five recent purchases from the briefed class. The top entry is down 22% in under a month.

By Beltway Alpha · Edited by Sean Baptiste · Published 2026-07-09

Ro Khanna picked up Lululemon Athletica somewhere between $1,000 and $15,000 worth on April 13. By May 11, it was down 22.3%. This is the man who sits on committees that shape the technology economy and presumably has access to more information than the average retail investor scrolling StockTwits at midnight. The market did not care. Neither, apparently, did the timing. Four other members filed purchases in the last 90 days that have since gone the wrong direction, some of them impressively so. These are public disclosures. The losses are public math.

#5 Maria Elvira Salazar

Purchase of $SHW (1K-15K) on 2026-04-20. -12.0% as of 2026-05-18.

Salazar bought Sherwin-Williams on April 20 and is down 12.0% as of May 18. Paint. She picked paint. It went badly.

#4 Mark Warner

Purchase of $WFC (1K-15K) on 2026-04-13. -14.6% as of 2026-05-11.

Warner bought Wells Fargo on April 13, the Senate Banking Committee veteran making a banking sector call that came in 14.6% light by May 11. The committee meets. The stock disagrees.

#3 April McClain Delaney

Purchase of $ENTG ($1,001 - $15,000) on 2026-05-08. -15.9% as of 2026-06-05.

Delaney bought Entegris on May 8. Entegris makes semiconductor materials. By June 5, it was down 15.9%. The chip trade is a lot less fun when you're on the wrong side of it.

#2 Michael McCaul

Purchase of $INTU (1K-15K) on 2026-04-29. -22.1% as of 2026-05-27.

McCaul dropped money into Intuit on April 29 and watched it shed 22.1% by May 27. Tax software, it turns out, is not immune to gravity.

#1 Ro Khanna

Purchase of $LULU (1K-15K) on 2026-04-13. -22.3% as of 2026-05-11.

Khanna bought yoga pants stock and lost 22.3% in 28 days. The intel committees are not paying dividends here.

Members are required to disclose within 45 days of the trade. They are not required to be right, recuse themselves from relevant committee work, or explain the thesis. The disclosure window closes long after the damage is done.

Sometimes the smart money picks wrong. The receipts are public. Make of them what you make of them.

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Aged Like Milk: 5 Worst Congressional Trades of the Last 90 Days

Five recent purchases from the briefed class. The top entry is down 22% in under a month.