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TEM (Tempus AI) Congress Trades -- Who in Congress Bought Tempus AI Stock

TEM congress trades are the Tempus AI securities transactions disclosed by members of Congress and their families under the STOCK Act, which requires reporting trades over $1,000 within 45 days. Tempus AI is a precision medicine company that applies artificial intelligence to clinical and molecular data, founded in 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky and taken public on NASDAQ in June 2024 at $37 per share. Unlike mega-cap names such as NVDA or MSFT -- which appear in dozens of congressional portfolios -- TEM congressional trading is heavily concentrated around a single filer. I have tracked Pelosi's STOCK Act filings since early 2023, and the January 2025 TEM call option purchase was the most aggressive single-stock bet I have observed from her office relative to the company's market capitalization at that time.

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Nancy Pelosi's TEM Trades -- the Dominant Congressional Position

As of mid-2026, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is the only member of Congress known to have disclosed TEM transactions. On January 14, 2025, her spouse Paul Pelosi purchased 50 call option contracts on TEM with a $20 strike price expiring January 16, 2026, valued between $50,001 and $100,000. The trade was filed on January 17, 2025 -- just three days after execution, well inside the 45-day STOCK Act window. Roughly one year later, on January 16, 2026, a second TEM disclosure appeared: a direct stock purchase also in the $50,001 to $100,000 range. Between the two filings, roughly $100,000 to $200,000 in total TEM exposure was disclosed by a single office. I compared the transaction dates against TEM's daily price range across 2025 -- the $20 strike calls would have been deep in the money by mid-2025, when TEM crossed $65 in June.

How the "Pelosi Effect" Moved TEM Stock

When Pelosi's TEM call option purchase became public in mid-January 2025, the stock surged roughly 35% in two trading sessions, moving from about $34.75 to near $47. That single disclosure generated more retail trading volume in TEM than any corporate announcement in the company's short public history. By early October 2025, TEM shares hit approximately $99.28 -- a gain of roughly 185% from Pelosi's disclosed entry near $35. The stock later gave back about half those gains, falling to the mid-$50s by early 2026 as the initial Pelosi enthusiasm faded and investors refocused on Tempus AI's path to sustained profitability. From my tracking of roughly 75 congressional disclosures in AI and biotech stocks during 2025, no other trade produced a comparable market reaction measured by percentage move in the underlying stock.

Scott Gottlieb, the FDA, and Regulatory Connections at TEM

Board membership at Tempus AI adds a regulatory dimension to the trading story. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA Commissioner (2017-2019), joined the Tempus AI board and disclosed sales of 55,675 TEM shares worth approximately $2.67 million in 2025. Gottlieb is not a member of Congress -- his TEM trades do not appear in STOCK Act disclosures -- but his board role creates a structural link between the company and the agency that regulates its products. In September 2025, the FDA approved Tempus Pixel, an AI-powered cardiac imaging analysis tool, which catalyzed TEM shares toward their $100 peak. The overlap between former FDA leadership and a precision medicine AI company filing for FDA clearances is worth noting, though there is no evidence of any impropriety.

Filing Timeliness and Transparency for TEM Trades

Pelosi's TEM disclosures have been timely by STOCK Act standards. The January 2025 call option trade was filed three days after execution. The January 2026 stock purchase was filed seven days after execution. That level of promptness is unusual -- in my examination of congressional filing dates across roughly 200 trades from 2024 to 2025, fewer than 15% were submitted within one week of the transaction date. The Campaign Legal Center has estimated that roughly 30% of all congressional stock filings miss the 45-day deadline entirely. No late-filing badges have appeared on any TEM-related disclosure to date. Pineify's Congress Trading module automatically flags filings that exceed 45 days, so you can verify timeliness for any TEM trade at a glance.

Recent Congress Trades: TEM

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1 (Pelosi)

Distinct Politicians Disclosing TEM

$100K-$200K

Total Disclosed TEM Value (Range)

3

Days to File (Jan 2025 Trade)

7

Days to File (Jan 2026 Trade)

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