Waste Management, Inc.'s PAC funded 3 members of Congress. 2 of them are connected to the company in two more ways.
Waste Management, Inc. — money, a committee seat, and the stock
First, the money: Waste's PAC spread $18K across 3 members' campaigns.
Then the access: 2 of those funded members — Larsen and Curtis — sit on committees including Transportation and Infrastructure and Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with jurisdiction over industrials.
Industrials is Waste's industry — and that committee is where its rules, funding, and oversight get written.
And the market: those same 2 members also traded WM — the stock of the company funding their campaigns.
The 2 members
| Member | PAC $ | Gifts | Committee | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick LarsenD-WA | $11k | 9 | Transportation and Infrastructure | 2 |
| John CurtisR-UT | $5k | 2 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | 3 |
The other 1 also took PAC money and disclosed WM 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.