Even More Questions Arise About Ryan's Stock Trading: Did His Wife Buy Stocks While He Was in Congress?

KINGSTON, N.Y. — August 19, 2026 — Congressman Pat Ryan's campaign says that “Pat has not traded any stocks since becoming a member of Congress.”

But Ryan's financial disclosure statements raise another question: what about his wife's stock transactions?

Ryan's wife, Rebecca Ryan, is Vice President for Health Economics and Finance, Federal Policy and lobbies for the powerful Greater New York Hospital Association.

Ryan's 2023 annual financial disclosure listed a spouse-owned Charles Schwab brokerage account but did not list a spouse-owned Charles Schwab Roth IRA. His 2024 disclosure, filed in August 2025, added a spousal Roth IRA, holding Apple, Ford, IBM, Verizon, and a bank sweep account.

But neither the 2023 nor the 2024 filing's transactions schedule shows any purchase of those holdings — the account simply appears fully funded, with no sale or transfer from any other disclosed account that would explain how the shares got there.

His following disclosure added a spouse-owned Charles Schwab Roth IRA containing individual stocks, including:

Apple — $15,001–$50,000

Ford — $1,001–$15,000

IBM — $1,001–$15,000

Verizon — $1,001–$15,000

Ryan's disclosure identifies the holdings as spouse-owned.

That matters because House financial-disclosure requirements apply to qualifying transactions involving securities owned by a Member or the Member's spouse or dependent children. House Ethics guidance says purchases, sales and exchanges of covered securities exceeding $1,000 can trigger reporting requirements.

“Pat Ryan's campaign carefully says that ‘Pat’ hasn't traded stocks, but that doesn't answer whether his wife has. His disclosure suddenly shows a spouse-owned Roth IRA holding Apple, Ford, IBM and Verizon. Were those stocks simply transferred into the account, or were they purchased while Ryan was serving in Congress? If they were reportable purchases, where are the disclosures?” said Republican-Conservative congressional candidate Jackie Auringer.

The questions come less than a month after Ryan voted against H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, which passed the House 232-198 with bipartisan support.

The legislation would have prohibited members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from purchasing individual stocks while in office and required advance public notice before sales. It would have allowed lawmakers to retain existing holdings, leading some critics to argue it did not go far enough. Democrats also objected to a voter-identification provision added to the legislation.

Auringer has called for Congress to go further and enact a complete ban on congressional stock dealing, arguing that “public service shouldn't be an investment strategy.”

“I support a complete ban. Members of Congress and their spouses shouldn't be trading individual stocks while one of them is writing federal law and the other is advocating on federal policy in Washington,” Auringer said.

“Pat Ryan had an opportunity to vote for tighter restrictions and voted no. Now his own disclosure raises new questions about how individual stocks appeared in his wife's newly disclosed Roth IRA. He needs to answer them.”

Ryan also took the full 90-day extension before filing his latest annual financial disclosure.

“Pat Ryan took three extra months to file his disclosure, and we're still left with basic questions about his family's stock holdings and transactions,” Auringer said. “This is exactly why the answer isn't another Washington disclosure rule with a small fine attached. The answer is simple: ban congressional stock trading altogether.”

The questions about Ryan's wife's investments come one day after Auringer called on Ryan to explain what happened to two of his own previously disclosed investments — Pfizer and Dropbike — that no longer appear on his latest financial disclosure.

Ryan's prior report listed between $1,001 and $15,000 in Pfizer common stock and between $1,001 and $15,000 in private shares of Dropbike, Inc. Neither investment appears on his new report, raising questions about whether they were sold, when any transactions occurred and whether any required Periodic Transaction Reports were filed.

“First it was Pfizer and Dropbike. Now there are questions about individual stocks held by Ryan's wife.” Auringer said. “For a guy who sounds a lot like he hates rich people, he sure is trying hard to be one.”