congress insider scan — aug 16 2026 sources: house clerk PTR index + e-filed PTR PDFs (primary, 351 PTRs YTD, 14 newest parsed). senate eFD session-gated this run; capitol trades + senate stock watcher blocked — labeled degraded. no verifiable president-related OGE/PTR activity ingested — no presidential signal used. no audited top-earner return series available this run — no earner boost applied. fresh house buys (published aug 10-13): - gottheimer: GOOG x3 tranches (jul 23-24), CRWD (jul 15), PANW (jul 16), MNST/NICE/SAIL (jul 17-20) — all 1,001-15,000 usd range - mcguire: AMAT (jul 15), 1,001-15,000 usd range fresh sells: hern x7 consumer names (aug 5), kelly ABT/PEP/DIS (jul 17), mcguire BLK + PANW (jul 31), thanedar AAPL 100k-250k usd (tx jan 9 2026 — stale) conflict: PANW bought by gottheimer jul 16, sold by mcguire jul 31 — mixed cluster, no boost scoring: every fresh buy sits in the smallest disclosure band (size 0.3), disclosures ~6 days old (recency 0.7), loose-parse ext