Pete Sessions sells $175K in Apple stock in week of light trading

Lawmakers filed 7 trades in the week of September 18 to 25, 2026, with the largest single transaction a sale of Apple Inc. stock by Pete Sessions worth roughly $175,000. The Texas Republican reported three trades during the period, matching Rick W. Allen of Georgia as the most active trader in Congress that week.

Sessions sells Apple, adds to Broadcom

Sessions, a former House Rules Committee member who now sits on the House Financial Services Committee, sold between $100,001 and $250,000 of Apple stock, with the midpoint of that range at $175,000. He also bought between $15,001 and $50,000 of Broadcom Inc. shares. The filings include a third transaction, a purchase of Wells Fargo & Company stock in the same range.

The Apple sale is the only disposition of the stock in the week's filings. Sessions has reported holdings in technology companies in prior disclosures, and his Financial Services Committee role gives him oversight of banking and securities regulation, which intersects with the financial sector trades he filed.

Rick Allen files three trades, all sells

Allen, a Republican from Georgia's 12th District and a member of the House Appropriations Committee, reported three sell orders. He sold shares of AbbVie Inc. and Alphabet Inc., each valued between $1,001 and $15,000. A third sell, in a stock not among the week's top five, was in the same range.

Allen has been a consistent filer of trades in recent quarters, with a mix of buys and sells across healthcare and technology names. His Appropriations Committee work touches on health and technology funding, though his trades do not necessarily align with that portfolio.

McConnell's single trade

A. Mitchell McConnell, Jr. filed one trade in the period. The Kentucky senator, who has served in the Senate since 1985 and is the chamber's longest-serving leader in history, reported a purchase of Wells Fargo & Company stock. The value of that transaction was between $1,001 and $15,000.

McConnell has been a sporadic trader, with filings that often come months after the transaction date. This week's report was filed within the window required by the STOCK Act, the 2012 law that mandates lawmakers disclose trades within 45 days of execution.

Buys outnumber sells in dollar terms, but sells lead in count

The week saw 4 sells and 3 buys across 7 stocks. The sell side was dominated by Sessions' Apple disposition, which accounted for the bulk of the dollar volume. The buy side included the Broadcom and Wells Fargo purchases, both reported by Sessions, plus McConnell's Wells Fargo buy.

The data tables appended to this article show the full list of top traders, top stocks, and the largest trades of the week. They will break down the counts by stock and by lawmaker, including the specific ranges reported.

What the STOCK Act requires

The STOCK Act requires members of Congress and their staff to publicly disclose any securities transaction over $1,000 within 45 days. The law was passed in 2012 after public scrutiny of lawmaker trading during the financial crisis. It also prohibits insider trading by members of Congress, a rule that the Office of Congressional Ethics and the House and Senate ethics committees enforce.

While the number of trades filed in a given week varies, the volume has remained steady since the law took effect. The current week's 7 trades is lower than the average of roughly 15 per week seen over the past year, according to data compiled by transparency groups that track congressional financial disclosures.

For the latest filings, see the latest congressional trades page, which updates as new disclosures are published by the House and Senate clerks.

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