United Parcel Service, Inc.'s PAC funded 16 members of Congress. 6 of them are connected to the company in two more ways.
United Parcel Service, Inc. — money, a committee seat, and the stock
First, the money: United's PAC spread $219K across 16 members' campaigns.
Then the access: 6 of those funded members — Larsen, Hoyle, Stanton and 3 others — sit on committees including Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services, with jurisdiction over industrials.
Industrials is United's industry — and that committee is where its rules, funding, and oversight get written.
And the market: those same 6 members also traded UPS — the stock of the company funding their campaigns.
The 6 members
| Member | PAC $ | Gifts | Committee | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick LarsenD-WA | $38k | 12 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 1 |
| Valerie HoyleD-OR | $22k | 7 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 1 |
| Greg StantonD-AZ | $10k | 7 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 2 |
| Robert WittmanR-VA | $8k | 5 | Armed Services | 2 |
| C. FranklinR-FL | $2k | 3 | Science, Space, and Technology | 8 |
| Burgess OwensR-UT | $1k | 1 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 8 |
The other 10 also took PAC money and disclosed UPS trades — but hold no current seat on a committee overseeing industrials.
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.
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