Congress trades in Rio Tinto Plc (RIO)
7 of the members we track disclosed 11 purchases of RIO between 2022-03-01 and 2026-03-30, and 9 sales. Here is what the stock did afterwards.
Every purchase is measured over the three months after the transaction date, against XLB — the ETF standing in for Materials & Mining — over exactly the same dates. The second figure is the one that carries information: the first mostly reflects what the sector did. How RIO was classified.
How these buys are tagged
2 of these purchases were made by a member whose own committee oversees Materials & Mining. 5 are marked Cluster: A buy is marked Cluster when at least one other tracked member of Congress bought the same stock within 30 days of it, regardless of committee membership.
| Buys | Number | Return after 3 months | vs. sector | Beat their sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All buys | 11 | -7.0% | -3.1% | 27% |
| Notable (committee-flagged) | 2 | Too few buys to measure | ||
| Unaligned (no committee overlap) | 9 | -6.2% | -3.3% | 33% |
| Cluster, excl. mega-caps | 5 | -21.0% | -8.9% | 0% |
| Not clustered, excl. mega-caps | 6 | +4.7% | +1.7% | 50% |
Who bought the most
- Virginia Foxx — 3 buys
- Lisa C. McClain — 2 buys
- Dan Goldman — 2 buys
- Alan Armstrong — 1 buy
- Bruce Westerman — 1 buy
Every disclosed purchase
| Member | Bought disclosed |
Signal | Price | 1W | 1M | 3M | vs sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Armstrong | 2026-03-30 2026-07-21 |
Unaligned | $88.82 | +5.8% | +8.6% | +6.2% | +3.0% |
| Lisa C. McClain | 2025-10-30 2025-11-21 |
Unaligned | $72.20 | -4.1% | -0.3% | +31.8% | +15.7% |
| Lisa C. McClain | 2025-06-24 2025-08-13 |
Unaligned | $57.19 | +1.9% | +11.6% | +11.2% | +8.4% |
| Bruce Westerman | 2025-03-03 2025-04-16 |
Notable | $61.05 | +1.9% | -1.9% | -2.4% | -2.3% |
| Dan Goldman | 2023-03-31 2023-04-17 |
Unaligned | $68.60 | -2.7% | -6.7% | -6.9% | -9.7% |
| Dan Goldman | 2023-02-27 2023-03-20 |
Unaligned | $69.16 | +5.1% | -3.4% | -11.6% | -5.2% |
| Virginia Foxx | 2022-04-21 2022-05-04 |
Unaligned Cluster | $74.81 | -4.4% | -7.0% | -23.1% | -8.0% |
| Virginia Foxx | 2022-04-20 2022-05-04 |
Unaligned Cluster | $78.58 | -8.5% | -11.5% | -27.1% | -9.4% |
| Virginia Foxx | 2022-04-11 2022-05-04 |
Unaligned Cluster | $79.74 | +3.3% | -18.0% | -27.5% | -10.2% |
| Robert J. Wittman | 2022-03-29 2022-04-09 |
Notable Cluster | $78.38 | +2.7% | -8.8% | -19.3% | -3.0% |
| John Rutherford | 2022-03-01 2022-04-08 |
Unaligned Cluster | $80.03 | -3.1% | +0.5% | -8.2% | -13.8% |
Prices are the closing price on the transaction date, not what was paid: filings never disclose an execution price. Blank figures mean the window has not elapsed yet. Sales are not scored — a sale closes a position rather than opening one — so the 9 disclosed sales of RIO are not in this table.
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Data last updated .