Lawmakers’ stock trading remains a hot topic among retail investors. Recent reports indicate that some lawmakers, who were away from trading in 2025, have now returned to buying stocks.
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Florida) has recently revealed several stock purchases made in March, without any sales noted during this time. You can find more details on her trades on the Benzinga Government Deals page.
Here’s a rundown of her latest stock purchases:
- March 25th: FedEx Corporation, purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 25th: United Rentals, purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 24th: Amgen Company, purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 24th: GE Aerospace, purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 24th: Honeywell International, purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Boeing Company, purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 19th: Boeing Co., Ltd., purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Citigroup Inc., purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 19th: Citigroup Inc., purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Cisco Systems Corporation, purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 19th: Cisco Systems Co., Ltd., purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: FedEx Coop, purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Corning Company, purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Goldman Sachs Group Co., Ltd., purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: NVR Co., Ltd., purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 19th: Peloton Interactive Inc., purchases between $1,000 and $15,000
- March 19th: R.H., purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Ulta Beauty, purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
- March 19th: Whirlpool Co., Ltd., purchase between $15,000 and $50,000
In total, these transactions amount to over $200,000, and their potential value could reach $850,000.
Interestingly, these are Salazar’s first trades of 2026. Notably, she had no trades recorded in 2025 based on data from Quiver Quantitative.
In 2024, Salazar was quite active, making trades exceeding $2 million, with most of those being purchases. The year before, in 2023, she surpassed $3 million in trades, again, primarily buys.
Currently, Salazar is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Financial Services Committee, among other roles, which could introduce potential conflicts of interest concerning her recent purchases, particularly with companies like Boeing and GE Aerospace, which might see gains from heightened defense spending.
Moreover, some of her stock investments in banks like Citigroup and Goldman Sachs could conflict with her responsibilities on the Financial Services Committee.
