Altria Group, Inc.'s PAC funded 7 members of Congress. 1 of them are connected to the company in two more ways.
Altria Group, Inc. — money, a committee seat, and the stock
First, the money: Altria's PAC spread $76K across 7 members' campaigns.
Then the access: 1 of those funded members — Rouzer — sit on the Agriculture committee, with jurisdiction over consumer staples.
Consumer staples is Altria's industry — and that committee is where its rules, funding, and oversight get written.
And the market: those same 1 members also traded MO — the stock of the company funding their campaigns.
The 1 member
| Member | PAC $ | Gifts | Committee | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David RouzerR-NC | $40k | 12 | Agriculture | 2 |
The other 6 also took PAC money and disclosed MO trades — but hold no current seat on a committee overseeing consumer staples.
PAC contributions are legal and disclosed. This surfaces co-occurrence of corporate donations, lobbying, and personal stock trades — not evidence of coordination or quid pro quo.