COLUMBUS — Scott Colom, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, at a Tuesday press conference called for banning members of Congress and their immediate families from trading stocks and criticized his Republican opponent for opposing such a measure last year.
Colom said in his hometown of Columbus that if elected, he will push Congress to pass a measure that would give independent investigators “more teeth” to enforce ethics laws for congressional officials, require public officials to disclose more of their financial information, and establish an ethics office in the U.S. Senate.
“A rule with no consequences is just a suggestion,” Colom said. “And Congress has run on suggestions for too long.”
In December, incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to block a stock-trading ban proposal from advancing out of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. She joined the Republicans on the committee to block the proposal from Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia.
Jake Monssen, Hyde-Smith’s campaign manager, didn’t directly address Colom’s stock-ban proposal, but told Mississippi Today in a statement that Colom’s press conference was “nothing more than political theater” and that his campaign was “just plain sad to watch”
“Can you imagine someone this deceitful as a federal judge?” Monssen said. “Every day, Sen. Hyde-Smith is further vindicated in her decision to block him from becoming one.”
The Democratic nominee also criticized Hyde-Smith for using campaign donations to pay for travel to Las Vegas. Hyde-Smith has not directly addressed repeated questions about her Las Vegas trips, but her campaign has said in a previous statement that the senator routinely “raises funds to support her campaign from donors across the country.”
Colom is the elected district attorney for Lowndes, Clay, Oktibbeha and Noxubee counties. He was first elected in 2015 and won reelection twice. Former President Joe Biden nominated Colom for a federal judgeship in 2022. His nomination received bipartisan support, but Hyde-Smith blocked his confirmation.
Hyde-Smith is a former state senator, serving as a Democrat for much of that time, and later as state agriculture commissioner. Former Gov. Phil Bryant appointed her to the U.S. Senate in 2018 to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Thad Cochran when he resigned. She was elected to a full term in 2020 and is up for reelection this year.
Colom and Hyde-Smith will compete against each other in the general election on Nov. 3, along with independent candidate Ty Pinkins.
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