A relatively new face in Congress is catching the attention of stock-watchers after unloading a basket of big-name tech stocks — including six of the Magnificent Seven.
Congressman Matthew Van Epps (R-Tenn.) recently disclosed a series of stock sales, as tracked by the MarketDash Government Trades page. These are his first disclosed trades since taking office, and they're notable both for the names involved and for the fact that they're all sells.
All the trades were executed on June 16, with the following transactions:
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Apple (AAPL) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Amazon.com (AMZN) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in GE Aerospace (GE) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in GE Vernova (GEV) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in International Business Machines (IBM) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Intel (INTC) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Southwest Airlines (LUV) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Meta Platforms (META) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) stock
- Sold $15,000 to $50,000 in Tapestry (TPR) stock
- Sold $1,000 to $15,000 in ExxonMobil (XOM) stock
That's six of the Magnificent Seven — Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia — all sold in the same batch. The only Magnificent Seven stock missing from the list is Tesla (TSLA), which Van Epps apparently didn't own.
Van Epps won a special election in 2025 and has been a member of Congress since. According to data from Quiver Quantitative, the congressman has disclosed only these sales — totaling up to $129,000 — and has made no purchases since joining Congress.
Because the purchases were made before he took office, it's harder to know whether he made a profit on the trades. He owned the stocks prior to becoming a congressman, so the cost basis isn't part of the public record.
MarketDash will continue to monitor the trading activity of members of Congress.
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