Hon. Richard Dean Dr McCormick, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has disclosed the sale of McDonald’s Corporation Common Stock (MCD) in a Periodic Transaction Report filed under the STOCK Act. The transaction, executed by the member personally, took place on 2026-07-30 and was valued in the disclosed range of $1,001 to $15,000.
The filing shows the sale occurred within a Growth Partners Roth IRA, one of the retirement vehicles members of Congress use to hold and trade individual securities. Because it is a Roth IRA, the transaction falls under standard STOCK Act reporting rules even though it is a tax-advantaged retirement account. Our internal tracking system has classified this transaction as a ‘congress sale’ signal, meaning it will be logged alongside other disclosed trades from Capitol Hill for pattern analysis.
A Notable Timing Overlap
What makes this particular filing worth flagging is its proximity to another disclosed sale of the same stock. Company insider Elting Lauren B also reported selling MCD shares, with a transaction dated 2026-08-07 and a disclosed value of $0. That sale came within roughly a week of McCormick’s reported transaction date, placing both disclosures within a 30-day window of each other. Whether coincidental or not, when a member of Congress and a company insider both disclose sales of the same stock in a short span, it is the kind of overlap that data-driven trackers like whoisbuyingnow.com are built to surface. It is worth noting that insider Form 4 filings and congressional STOCK Act disclosures follow separate reporting frameworks, and a shared timeframe does not by itself indicate coordination or any wrongdoing.
McDonald’s remains a widely held name across institutional and congressional portfolios alike, which means overlapping activity from different types of filers is not unusual on its own. Readers interested in how large asset managers have positioned themselves around MCD and similar consumer-sector names may find useful context in our related coverage of Capital International Investors: 13F Moves Tracked Quarterly, which tracks quarterly institutional portfolio shifts.
As with all Periodic Transaction Reports, this filing reflects a legally required disclosure rather than any indication of specific market knowledge or intent. Members of Congress are required to report transactions above a minimal threshold within 30 to 45 days of execution, and the amount ranges disclosed are broad bands rather than exact figures. whoisbuyingnow.com will continue monitoring subsequent filings tied to McCormick’s holdings, as well as any further insider activity involving MCD, to see whether this pattern develops into a broader trend or remains an isolated overlap in timing.