Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) purchased shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) on June 17, 2025, according to a Periodic Transaction Report filed with the U.S. House of Representatives. The transaction, made personally by the congresswoman rather than a spouse or dependent, was valued at between $1,001 and $15,000, the standard disclosure range used for smaller trades under the STOCK Act.
The filing lists the purchase as held through Merrill Lynch Investment Account #025, one of the brokerage accounts Letlow uses for personal securities transactions. Because the amount falls into the lowest disclosure bracket, the exact dollar figure of the purchase is not made public; members of Congress are only required to report a range.
One detail worth flagging for readers who track compliance timelines: this report was filed 55 days after the June 17 transaction date. The STOCK Act requires members of Congress to disclose covered transactions within 45 days of execution, so this filing arrived roughly ten days past that window. The disclosure itself does not explain the reason for the delay, and none is speculated on here — late filings under the STOCK Act are relatively common and are treated as a reporting matter rather than an indication of wrongdoing.
What the Filing Shows
Under our internal classification system, this transaction is tagged as a straightforward congress buy signal — a member of Congress adding to a position in a publicly traded company, in this case the networking and technology giant Cisco Systems. The report does not indicate whether this was a new position for Letlow or an addition to shares she already held in the same account, since Periodic Transaction Reports do not require disclosure of total holdings, only individual buy or sell events.
Cisco has been a recurring name in congressional trading disclosures this year. Other members have filed reports involving the stock as well, including a sale disclosed by Rep. Rich McCormick through a Roth IRA, and a separate late-filed sale tied to Rep. Linda Sanchez’s child. Together, these filings offer a small window into how members of Congress and their families interact with a widely held blue-chip stock, without suggesting any coordination or shared motive behind the individual trades.
As with all Periodic Transaction Reports, this disclosure is a legal requirement under the STOCK Act, designed to give the public visibility into the financial activity of elected officials. It does not by itself indicate any nonpublic information was used, nor does it suggest any violation of ethics rules. WhoIsBuyingNow.com will continue to track future filings involving Letlow and other members of Congress as they are made public.