Ro Khanna
Democrat House (CA) Committee Conflict

Ro Khanna × PFE

Pfizer Inc (Pharmaceuticals)

150
Disclosed Trades
$1.9M
Total Buys
9y
Stacking
The Conflict

150 Pfizer Trades, Oversight Role Absent

Ro Khanna's family trust has disclosed 150 trades in Pfizer across the period covered by public disclosure data, a volume that places this pairing among the more active politician-ticker combinations in the dataset. Khanna's committee assignments center on defense technology, cybersecurity, and government oversight rather than pharmaceutical regulation or drug pricing, which limits direct jurisdictional overlap. However, Pfizer is a major federal contractor through vaccine procurement agreements, and Congress-wide drug pricing debates have repeatedly touched the company's revenue base. The sheer frequency of disclosed trades, combined with several clustered sell events in April 2025 that align with other members trading the same stock, gives the pattern structural interest independent of any single committee assignment.

Pfizer Inc is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, generating revenue from patented medicines, vaccines, and consumer health products. It is a significant federal contractor through government vaccine and antiviral procurement programs, making it subject to congressional appropriations and drug pricing legislation.

House Committee on Armed Services
Oversees Defense Department procurement, including contracts for military medical supplies and vaccines. Pfizer has held DOD procurement agreements for COVID-19 countermeasures, giving this committee indirect exposure to the company's federal revenue stream.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Has jurisdiction over federal contracting, drug pricing investigations, and pharmaceutical company accountability. The committee has previously examined pandemic-era pharmaceutical contracts, touching Pfizer's government-facing business directly.
Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Examines supply chain dependencies and pharmaceutical manufacturing sourcing, areas where Pfizer's global production footprint and active ingredient sourcing from China-linked suppliers have drawn congressional scrutiny.

Trade-by-trade conflict scoring

Showing the 10 most recent of 150 disclosed trades. Each is scored against five rule-based signals.

Trade Date
Jan 22, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
3 Medium
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
no fire
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna sits on oversight and armed services panels that have reviewed federal pharmaceutical contracts, including Pfizer's government procurement agreements.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Filed 15 days after the trade date, comfortably within the 30-day disclosure threshold.
  • Unusually Large: Trade size of $1,001 equals the median for this politician-ticker pair, representing no size anomaly.
  • Member Cluster: Only one member disclosed a Pfizer trade in the surrounding 14-day window, below the clustering threshold of three.
Analyst note

This January 2025 buy is a minimum-bracket transaction at $1,001, the floor disclosure tier under STOCK Act reporting. It was filed on February 6, just 15 days after the trade date, placing it well within the statutory window. No peer clustering is present, and the size registers at exactly the median for this politician-ticker history, suggesting a routine incremental position addition consistent with the trust's broader pattern of frequent small-lot activity in Pfizer across 150 total disclosed trades. The committee overlap signal fires because Khanna's Armed Services and Oversight assignments provide indirect institutional exposure to Pfizer's federal contracting business, but nothing about this individual trade stands out beyond that structural context. Taken in isolation, this transaction carries a low aggregate signal density.

Trade Date
Apr 9, 2025
Size
$15K
Conflict Score
8 Critical
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
+2 pts
Unusually Large
+1 pts
Member Cluster
+2 pts
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's Oversight and Armed Services roles intersect with federal pharmaceutical procurement and drug pricing policy touching Pfizer.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Filed 33 days after the trade date, exceeding the 30-day threshold by 3 days.
  • Unusually Large: At $15,001, this trade is approximately 15 times the median size of $1,001 for this politician-ticker pair.
  • Member Cluster: Five members disclosed Pfizer trades within the same 14-day window, surpassing the clustering threshold of three.
Analyst note

This April 9, 2025 sell is the highest-signal trade in the recent dataset for this politician-ticker pairing. Three distinct signals fire simultaneously: the $15,001 size is roughly 15 times the median transaction for this account's Pfizer history; the disclosure arrived 33 days after the trade, clearing the late-filing threshold by three days; and five members of Congress disclosed Pfizer trades within the same 14-day window, meeting the member-clustering criterion. The combination of an outsized sell, a slight disclosure delay, and broad peer-level activity in the same stock within the same narrow window is the type of pattern that warrants attention across the full 150-trade disclosure record. Khanna's committee assignments on Oversight and Armed Services provide institutional proximity to Pfizer's federal contracting exposure. No single signal here implies coordination, but the convergence of all three quantitative flags in one event is the most notable data point in this ten-trade sample.

Trade Date
Apr 15, 2025
Size
$15K
Conflict Score
6 Critical
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
+1 pts
Member Cluster
+2 pts
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's committee roles touching federal procurement and oversight overlap with Pfizer's substantial government-facing revenue streams.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Filed 27 days after the April 15 trade date, just inside the 30-day reporting threshold.
  • Unusually Large: The $15,001 transaction is approximately 15 times the $1,001 median for this politician-ticker history.
  • Member Cluster: Four members disclosed Pfizer trades within 14 days of this transaction, exceeding the threshold of three.
Analyst note

This April 15, 2025 sell closely follows the April 9 sell in trade #7651, and together they represent a two-tranche exit from a Pfizer position within a six-day span. The $15,001 size again registers at roughly 15 times the median for this pair, and four members of Congress disclosed Pfizer trades in the surrounding 14-day window. The disclosure delay of 27 days narrowly avoids the late-filing flag, and both trades were ultimately disclosed on the same filing date of May 12, suggesting the filer batched them together. Across the 150 total Pfizer disclosures in this record, the pairing of back-to-back outsized sells with concurrent peer-level activity in the same stock represents a pattern distinct from the routine minimum-bracket transactions that dominate the broader history. Committee overlap remains a structural background factor given Khanna's Oversight assignment.

Trade Date
May 19, 2025
Size
$15K
Conflict Score
6 Critical
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
+1 pts
Member Cluster
+2 pts
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Oversight and Armed Services assignments give Khanna institutional proximity to federal pharmaceutical contracting and drug policy relevant to Pfizer.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Disclosed 22 days after the May 19 trade, within the 30-day statutory window.
  • Unusually Large: The $15,001 buy is approximately 15 times the $1,001 median for this politician-ticker pairing.
  • Member Cluster: Three members disclosed Pfizer trades within the surrounding 14-day window, meeting the clustering threshold exactly.
Analyst note

This May 19, 2025 buy at $15,001 arrives roughly five weeks after the pair of outsized sells in April, suggesting the trust may have been tactically repositioning rather than exiting Pfizer entirely. The size again clears the unusually-large threshold at approximately 15 times the median, and three members disclosed Pfizer trades in the same 14-day window, meeting the clustering threshold at its minimum. The disclosure was timely at 22 days. Across the broader 150-trade disclosure record, the oscillation between $1,001-bracket trades and $15,001-bracket trades appears to be a recurring structural feature of the account's Pfizer activity rather than an isolated event. The committee overlap signal fires at the background level given Khanna's Oversight and Armed Services roles, though neither committee directly sets pharmaceutical pricing or approval policy. The clustering signal at the threshold boundary is the most notable feature of this specific trade.

Trade Date
May 28, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
5 High
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
+2 pts
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's Oversight and Armed Services roles maintain structural proximity to federal pharmaceutical procurement touching Pfizer.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Filed 13 days after the May 28 trade, well within the 30-day threshold.
  • Unusually Large: The $1,001 size equals the median for this politician-ticker pair, showing no size anomaly.
  • Member Cluster: Three members disclosed Pfizer trades within the surrounding 14-day window, meeting the clustering threshold of three.
Analyst note

This May 28, 2025 buy at $1,001 is a minimum-bracket transaction filed promptly at 13 days. It follows the larger $15,001 buy on May 19 by just nine days, suggesting the trust continued adding to its Pfizer position in small increments after the initial re-entry. The size is unremarkable, matching the median exactly, and the filing delay is among the shortest in this ten-trade sample. The member-clustering signal fires at threshold because three members disclosed Pfizer trades in the surrounding 14-day window, which overlaps with the clustering period from the May 19 trade. This transaction on its own carries limited standalone signal, but in the context of the broader 150-trade history and the adjacent larger trades, it reads as part of a recurring pattern of incremental accumulation following a larger position-opening event. Committee overlap remains a structural background factor.

Trade Date
Jun 20, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
3 Medium
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
no fire
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's committee roles on Oversight and Armed Services maintain general institutional proximity to Pfizer's federal business.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Disclosed 19 days after the June 20 trade date, within the statutory 30-day window.
  • Unusually Large: Trade size of $1,001 matches the median for this pair, showing no unusual size.
  • Member Cluster: Only two members disclosed Pfizer trades in the surrounding 14-day window, below the threshold of three.
Analyst note

This June 20, 2025 buy at $1,001 is the third consecutive minimum-bracket Pfizer purchase in the recent sequence, following the May 19 and May 28 buys. The filing arrived 19 days after the trade, no clustering is present, and the size is at the median. Taken individually, this transaction has a low aggregate signal score. Within the context of the 150-trade disclosure record, however, this trade is representative of the dominant transaction type: small-lot incremental buys that collectively build or maintain a Pfizer position alongside occasional larger-bracket events. The committee overlap signal fires at the background level given Khanna's assignments, but no individual committee he serves on has direct authority over pharmaceutical pricing, approval, or the specific regulatory levers most material to Pfizer's near-term valuation. This trade contributes to pattern recognition across the full dataset rather than standing out on its own merits.

Trade Date
Jul 1, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
5 High
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
+2 pts
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
no fire
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's Oversight and Armed Services assignments provide background institutional exposure to Pfizer's federal contracting and procurement relationships.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Filed 37 days after the July 1 trade date, exceeding the 30-day threshold by 7 days.
  • Unusually Large: The $1,001 size equals the median for this politician-ticker pair, showing no size anomaly.
  • Member Cluster: Only two members disclosed Pfizer trades in the surrounding 14-day window, below the three-member threshold.
Analyst note

This July 1, 2025 buy at $1,001 was filed on August 7, producing a 37-day disclosure delay that exceeds the statutory 30-day threshold by one week. The trade size and peer-clustering metrics are unremarkable. Late filing on a minimum-bracket trade is the only flag here, and this is the first of two consecutive late disclosures in the recent record (the August 4 trade also arrived late). Batching or administrative lag in the trust's reporting process may explain the pattern, as both trades were filed approximately five weeks after execution. Across the 150-trade history, this filing behaviour warrants note: late disclosure of small-lot trades does not raise the same analytical concern as late disclosure of large-bracket trades, but recurring late filings are a STOCK Act compliance matter independent of trade size. Committee overlap remains a structural background signal.

Trade Date
Aug 4, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
5 High
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
+2 pts
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
no fire
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's Oversight and Armed Services roles maintain structural background proximity to Pfizer's federal procurement and contracting activity.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Disclosed 36 days after the August 4 trade, exceeding the 30-day STOCK Act threshold by six days.
  • Unusually Large: At $1,001, this trade matches the median for the pair, with no size anomaly present.
  • Member Cluster: Only one member disclosed a Pfizer trade in the surrounding 14-day window, well below the threshold.
Analyst note

This August 4, 2025 buy at $1,001 is the second consecutive late-disclosed Pfizer trade, arriving on September 9 after a 36-day gap. Together with the July 1 trade filed on August 7, the two late filings suggest a reporting lag in the trust's administrative process during the summer of 2025 rather than a strategic disclosure pattern. No clustering or size anomaly is present. Looking across the 150-trade disclosure history, isolated late filings occur periodically, but consecutive late filings on successive transactions may indicate a procedural gap in the trust's compliance workflow. The late disclosure signal is the sole quantitative flag for this trade. Committee overlap fires at the background level, as it does consistently across this politician-ticker pairing, given Khanna's assignments on panels with indirect exposure to Pfizer's federal business. No other signals are elevated.

Trade Date
Sep 5, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
3 Medium
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
no fire
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's Armed Services and Oversight assignments retain indirect institutional proximity to Pfizer's government-facing pharmaceutical and vaccine contracting.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Filed 28 days after the September 5 trade, within the 30-day statutory window.
  • Unusually Large: The $1,001 size equals the median for this politician-ticker pair, showing no anomaly.
  • Member Cluster: Only one member disclosed a Pfizer trade in the surrounding 14-day window, below the clustering threshold.
Analyst note

This September 5, 2025 sell at $1,001 was filed on October 3, a 28-day delay that narrowly falls within the 30-day window. It is the first sell in the dataset since the April pair, suggesting the trust may be reducing its Pfizer position in small increments after several months of incremental buying. At the minimum bracket, no size or clustering signals fire. Across the 150-trade history, minimum-bracket sells are common and typically indicate position trimming or portfolio rebalancing at the floor disclosure tier rather than a material directional decision. The October 3 filing date is shared with the September 15 sell that follows in the record, indicating the filer again batched two consecutive transactions into a single filing event. Committee overlap fires at the structural background level as established across this pairing.

Trade Date
Sep 15, 2025
Size
$1K
Conflict Score
3 Medium
Committee Overlap
+3 pts
Pre-Vote Timing
no fire
Late Disclosure
no fire
Unusually Large
no fire
Member Cluster
no fire
Why each signal fired or did not
  • Committee Overlap: Khanna's committee assignments on Oversight and Armed Services provide background structural proximity to Pfizer's federal contracting and procurement business.
  • Pre-Vote Timing: Vote calendar data not yet ingested for this dataset.
  • Late Disclosure: Disclosed 18 days after the September 15 trade, well within the 30-day statutory threshold.
  • Unusually Large: The $1,001 size is at the median for this pair, with no size anomaly detected.
  • Member Cluster: Only one member disclosed a Pfizer trade in the surrounding 14-day window, below the threshold of three.
Analyst note

This September 15, 2025 sell at $1,001 was filed on October 3, 18 days after execution, and is the most recent transaction in this ten-trade sample. It follows the September 5 sell by ten days and was batched with that trade in a single filing, a practice observed repeatedly across this record. Both September sells are minimum-bracket transactions with no clustering or size flags. The pair appears to represent continued incremental position reduction following the summer accumulation sequence. Across 150 total disclosed trades in Pfizer, the recurring rhythm of small-lot buys followed by small-lot sells, punctuated by occasional $15,001-bracket events that coincide with broader peer clustering, is the defining structural characteristic of this account's relationship with the stock. The committee overlap signal fires consistently as a background condition given Khanna's institutional role, rather than as a trade-specific flag on this particular transaction.

Summary across these 10 trades

Between Jan 22, 2025 and Sep 15, 2025, Ro Khanna bought $20K and sold $32K of PFE across 10 disclosed transactions. 30% (3 of 10) were filed past the 30-day STOCK Act window, and 30% (3 of 10) were unusually large relative to Ro Khanna's historical median trade size.

The other 140 trades (not yet individually analysed)

Across the remaining 140 disclosed PFE trades between Jan 24, 2017 and Jan 17, 2025, Ro Khanna bought $729K and sold $1.1M of PFE. 33% (46 of 140) were filed past the 30-day STOCK Act window, and 40% (56 of 140) sat above twice Ro Khanna's historical median trade size.

Late-filing and unusual-size flags are computed deterministically from the underlying disclosure columns. Per-trade narratives, committee overlap, and member-cluster scoring are restricted to the 10 most recent transactions above.

Scoring methodology

Every trade in the public dataset is scored against five rule-based signals. The score is auditable, not AI-guessed. AI is used only to write the analyst note, never to decide whether a signal fired.

  • Committee Overlap (+3): politician sat on a committee overseeing the company's sector at the time of the trade.
  • Pre-Vote Timing (+3 / +2): politician voted on legislation directly affecting the company within 30 (+3) or 60 (+2) days of the trade.
  • Late Disclosure (+2): filing arrived more than 30 days after the trade (STOCK Act allows 45).
  • Unusually Large (+1): position size sits above the politician's own historical baseline.
  • Member Cluster (+2): three or more members bought the same ticker within a 14-day window.

Score bands: Low (0-1), Medium (2-3), High (4-5), Critical (6+).

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