Former Pa. GOP congressman calls for Rep. Rob Bresnahan to resign

This story was updated on March 10, 2026 at 6:23 p.m. to include a comment from a spokesperson for Bresnahan.

A former six-term Pennsylvania congressman is calling on GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan to “resign immediately,” as the sitting lawmaker is embroiled in controversy over his stock trading.

Jim Greenwood served as a Republican in the U.S. House from 1993 to 2005, representing Pennsylvania’s old Eighth Congressional District. In the 2024 election, he campaigned for Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris as part of a “Republicans for Harris” coalition.

“Congressman Bresnahan’s own admission that he discusses his stock positions with his financial advisor is a red line that should never be crossed by a public official and a clear abuse of power,” Greenwood wrote on Facebook. “It has become clear that Congressman Bresnahan is using his office to benefit himself rather than the Pennsylvanians he was elected to represent, and he must resign immediately.”

The comment, made on Facebook, comes after Politico reported on a radio interview with Wilkes-Barre station WILK where Bresnahan claimed, “I meet with my financial adviser. We talk about, you know, what different positions are coming up.”

The statement appears to contradict recent claims made by Bresnahan during a town hall that he does “not have any dialogue with my financial advisors.”

Hannah Pope, a spokesperson for Bresnahan, said the soundbite was taken out of context and was part of a larger answer where the lawmaker swore on his mother’s life he did not trade on information he learned in Congress.

Chris Pack, a spokesperson for Bresnahan’s campaign, said, “We’ve decided to take the high road and not engage in elder abuse by commenting on a washed-up political has-been who quit office to become a DC lobbyist and has since spent the twilight of his career as an anti-Trump, pro-Kamala mouthpiece.”

Bresnahan serves in one of Pennsylvania’s most competitive U.S. House districts, which could be key in deciding which party ultimately controls the chamber after the 2026 elections.

After campaigning on a congressional stock trading ban, Bresnahan has come under fire for making hundreds of trades totalling millions of dollars since taking office. That includes trading stocks of Medicaid providers before he voted for President Donald Trump’s signature Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed funding for the program.

When a commenter on Greenwood’s post noted they hoped the former congressman would submit the statement to a newspaper, he replied, “It will make the news.”