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Disclosed transactions made within 30 days of substantive committee work — a markup or hearing — in the traded company's sector, by a member who sits on that committee. Every row shows the window and the jurisdiction that produced it.

What this page is, exactly. It reports a coincidence in time and subject matter between two public records: a filed transaction and a committee's own published calendar. It does not assert that one caused the other, that the member knew anything, or that anything improper occurred. Members of Congress trade securities legally. The window, the committee, and the jurisdiction basis are all shown so you can judge the coincidence yourself — and the original filing and the committee record are one click away on every row.

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5 trade × committee-day pairings within ±30 days.

WindowTrade dateMemberTickerAction Amount (as filed)Committee activityBasisRecords
2d after 2023-11-10 Tina Smith D-MN AORT buy $50,001 – $100,000 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — 2023-11-08, 2 items Medical Devices jurisdiction
8d after 2023-11-16 Tina Smith D-MN AORT buy $50,001 – $100,000 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — 2023-11-08, 2 items Medical Devices jurisdiction
12d after 2019-04-09 Tina Smith D-MN ABT sell $250,001 – $500,000 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — 2019-03-28, 1 item Pharmaceuticals & Biotech jurisdiction
21d after 2024-04-04 Tina Smith D-MN PODD sell $50,001 – $100,000 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — 2024-03-14, 1 item Medical Devices jurisdiction
26d before 2023-11-16 Tina Smith D-MN AORT buy $50,001 – $100,000 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — 2023-12-12, 4 items Medical Devices jurisdiction

How these pairings are produced — the ±30-day window, the sector-to-jurisdiction map, and why routine bill referrals are excluded — is documented on Methodology. The term itself is defined in The Playbook.