Another member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee has disclosed buying shares of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) after the company’s highly anticipated IPO.
Here are the details and a look at the members of Congress who own shares of the space company.
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Congressman Buys SpaceX Stock
Rep. John McGuire (R-Va.) recently disclosed buying SpaceX stock, as reported by the Benzinga Government Trades page.
McGuire bought $1,000 to $15,000 worth of SpaceX stock on June 15, according to the disclosure.
The only other stock on this disclosure was BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK), with McGuire selling $1,000 to $15,000 of BLK shares on July 7.
SpaceX stock traded between $168.35 and $193 on June 15. With shares currently trading at $148.01, the congressman is down 12.1% to 23.3% on his purchase.
McGuire is now the fourth member of Congress to own SpaceX stock, joining a list that includes:
- Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.)
- Rep. Daniel Meuser (R-Pa.)
- Sen. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.)
Cisneros and Meuser have both disclosed buying SpaceX stock since the June 12 IPO, with purchases on June 18 and June 15, respectively.
McClain previously became a shareholder in SpaceX before the company went public, with her husband buying a stake in xAI before its merger with the space company.
Like Cisneros, McGuire also serves on the House Armed Services Committee, which could make the purchase of SpaceX stock a questionable one. SpaceX has multiple federal government contracts, including those with the Pentagon, NASA and Space Force.
As a member of the committee, Cisneros may know of government contracts ahead of time. Cisneros may also vote on contracts directly related to the company in which he owns stock.
McGuire’s Trading History
McGuire has made only 16 trades since 2025, totaling around $128,000, according to data from Quiver Quantitative.
This includes buying Microsoft stock in January 2026 and selling the stock nine days later.
Microsoft traded between $438.68 and $452.69 on Jan. 21, the day of the purchase. By Jan. 30, when the sale occurred, the stock ranged from $426.45 to $439.60, leaving little room for a gain.
With a maximum disclosed trade size of $15,000, the position would have amounted to roughly 33 to 34 shares. Selling those shares nine days later would have returned between $14,132.55 and $15,029.92.
That puts the potential outcome anywhere from a $867.45 loss to a $29.92 gain — a swing of –5.8% to +0.2% depending on the exact timing.
While the trade likely lost money, the sale did come shortly after earnings and before the stock slid further. Microsoft now trades at $402.43, meaning the exit happened ahead of a deeper drop.
The congressman also previously bought UnitedHealth Group stock, a trade that drew attention. Benzinga previously flagged the timing of the UnitedHealth Group stock transaction, which came before quarterly financial results and a further share collapse for the health insurance company.
The purchase drew attention because McGuire serves on the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, a unit of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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