A new filing under the STOCK Act shows Hon. Richard Dean Dr McCormick, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, reported a sale of Microsoft Corporation common stock (MSFT) on 2026-07-30. The transaction was disclosed in a Periodic Transaction Report and lists an amount range of $1,001 to $15,000, placing it among the smaller disclosed trades tracked by our system. The sale was executed by the member personally and held through a Growth Partners Roth IRA, according to the filing.
Under the STOCK Act, members of Congress and their spouses are required to publicly disclose transactions in stocks, bonds, and other securities within 45 days of execution. These disclosures are not evidence of wrongdoing and do not require any explanation of the reasoning behind a trade. Filing a Periodic Transaction Report is a legal obligation, not an accusation. We classify this particular disclosure as a congress sale in our tracking system.
A Notable Insider Overlap
What makes this filing worth flagging is its timing relative to activity inside Microsoft itself. Company insider Numoto Takeshi also sold MSFT shares, in a transaction dated 2026-08-04 valued at $2,388,244. That sale falls within 30 days of McCormick’s own reported transaction, creating a cross-signal that our platform surfaces when a member of Congress and a corporate insider both offload shares of the same company in a compressed window. Whether the timing reflects independent portfolio decisions or broader market sentiment around Microsoft is not something the filings themselves answer, but the overlap is the kind of pattern our tracking exists to highlight.
McCormick is not the only member of Congress with recent MSFT activity on the books. Just weeks earlier, we covered Rep. David J. Taylor Sells MSFT Shares Amid Insider Activity, another disclosure involving the same company and a similar pattern of insider trading nearby. Taken together, these filings suggest Microsoft has been drawing more attention than usual from both Capitol Hill portfolios and corporate insiders in recent months.
The disclosed dollar range for McCormick’s sale is modest by congressional trading standards, and the use of a retirement account structure like a Roth IRA is common among lawmakers managing long-term holdings. Readers interested in how institutional money managers are positioning around similar names can also look at our ongoing coverage of firms like Caxton Associates LLP, whose quarterly 13F portfolio moves are tracked separately on this site.
As always, this report reflects only what has been filed publicly. No conclusions about intent, strategy, or future stock performance can be drawn from a single disclosure, and readers should treat this as informational tracking rather than a signal to act on.