Rick Larsen represents Washington's 2nd District and sits on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He doesn't usually make noise. No viral floor speech, no cable news fight, no dramatic committee moment driving search traffic today. He's just trending, quietly, the way members sometimes do when the aggregators catch a stray signal. So here's what the public filings actually say about the man while the algorithm has his name up.
One Trade in 90 Days
Per his disclosure record on Blind Trust, Larsen filed exactly one stock trade in the last 90 days: a sale of Abbott Laboratories (ABT) on July 8, 2026, in the $1,001 to $15,000 range. One transaction. Six figures at the high end, four figures at the low. Not a whale move. The disclosure cleared four days later.
Social posts on Bluesky also flagged two other transactions on the same date: a sale of S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) and a purchase of McKesson Corporation (MCK), both in the same $1,001 to $15,000 window. Three trades in a single day, then silence for the rest of the quarter.
Abbott makes medical devices and diagnostics. S&P Global runs financial data and credit ratings. McKesson distributes pharmaceuticals. None of those sectors land in the Transportation and Infrastructure committee's remit. These are personal portfolio moves, not oversight terrain.
The Full Scorecard Is Not Pretty
Larsen has 20 scored trades in Blind Trust's database. Eight of those 20 beat the S&P 500 over the following 30 days. Twelve didn't. His mean 30-day alpha across the full sample: negative 1.4%.
The math: if you'd bought the same stocks at the same time and held for 30 days, you'd have underperformed the index by 1.4 percentage points per trade on average. That's the full record, not a cherry-picked clip.
His best single trade was a purchase of Carrier Global (CARR) on April 7, 2026, which posted 11.3% excess return over the following month. That one has a flag attached: Carrier makes HVAC and building systems, and the Transportation and Infrastructure committee's remit touches infrastructure sectors. Whether that's a coincidence or a pattern is a question the scorecard doesn't answer. It's a data point.
The second-best was a sale of Mondelez International (MDLZ) on January 7, 2026, good for 11.0% alpha. Mondelez makes Oreos and Chips Ahoy. No committee overlap. Just a snack company that dropped after he sold it.
The Worst Trades
The three worst trades in his scored record are worth naming.
He sold American Water Works (AWK) on April 7, 2026. The stock went up 16.7% relative to the S&P 500 over the next 30 days, meaning he sold before a run-up. Water infrastructure sits close enough to his committee's world that this one has a flag in the database: the overlap is marked as "Utilities" adjacent to Transportation. He sold the wrong direction on a stock that went on a tear.
He also sold Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) on April 7, posting negative 14.6% alpha. And sold Verisk Analytics (VRSK) on January 7 at negative 13.2% alpha. Both of those are financial data companies with no committee overlap. He sold them; they outperformed. No overlap angle, just outcomes.
Two of his three committee-overlap trades lost money relative to the index. He bought NextEra Energy (NEE) on April 7 and it came in at negative 4.9% alpha over 30 days. His Carrier purchase is the only committee-adjacent win in the sample.
Eight wins out of 20. Mean alpha of negative 1.4%. The receipts are public. Make of them what you make of them.
What He's Been Voting On
Larsen's recent floor votes don't overlap with his disclosed trades per Blind Trust's data, so there's no vote-then-trade timing to examine. What the roll calls show is a member who's been voting on financial sector bills that have nothing to do with his committee assignment.
He voted Yea on the TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 on June 29, which passed. TRIA is the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, a backstop for the insurance industry. Larsen's committee handles transportation, not financial services. A floor vote on TRIA doesn't make it a conflict. It makes it a floor vote.
He also voted Yea on the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025 on June 25, which passed. Same logic: financial sector bill, Transportation committee member, no overlap angle.
On June 11, he voted Nay on extending FISA surveillance authorities. That bill failed. Larsen was on the losing side, which, depending on your read of FISA, is either principled or a minor footnote.
On veterans bills in May, he voted Nay on the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act and the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, both of which passed anyway. He voted Yea on the FY2025 VA Major Medical Facility Authorization Act, which also passed. His Nay votes on veterans bills that passed without him will not generate any headlines. They're logged here because the roll calls are public.
The Transportation Committee Member Who Holds Transportation-Adjacent Stocks
Carrier Global (CARR), which Larsen purchased in April 2026, makes HVAC equipment and fire safety products for buildings. The company shows up in infrastructure conversations because its products go into construction projects. Larsen sits on the committee that writes transportation and infrastructure legislation.
His Carrier purchase came in at 11.3% alpha over 30 days. His NextEra Energy purchase, also flagged for committee proximity, came in at negative 4.9%. His American Water Works sale, same flag, was timed directly before a 16.7% outperformance. The three committee-adjacent trades in the sample: one win, one loss, one bad exit.
Members are required to disclose. They are not required to divest, recuse, abstain, or look up from their phones. That's the rule. Yes, really.
Why Anyone Is Talking About This Today
There's no specific news peg driving Larsen's trending status in the last 24 hours. Zero news stories indexed on Google in that window. Seven Bluesky posts, most of them automated disclosure alerts from STOCK Act monitoring accounts. One of those posts notes that he's the Ranking Member on his committee. That's accurate. He is.
The trending signal is real. The story behind it, if there's one, is not in any newsroom's published work as of today. What IS available is his full financial disclosure record: 20 scored trades, 8 positive, 12 negative, mean alpha of negative 1.4%, one recent sale of Abbott Laboratories, and three committee-adjacent trades with mixed results.
His financial record shows a member trading modest sums across a scattered portfolio with a slightly negative average return. Whether that's relevant to whatever is driving the search traffic is a judgment call. You decide if it's relevant to why he's in the news today.