Pelosi’s husband sells off up to $5 million worth of chipmaker stock ahead of semiconductor bill vote

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband sold up to $5 million worth of chipmaker Nvidia shares as the House prepares to vote on a bill focusing on the domestic chip manufacturing industry.

Pelosi completed a period transaction report signed on Tuesday that indicated that her husband, Paul Pelosi, sold 25,000 shares of Nvidia at an average price of $165.05 with a total loss of $341,365.

In total, the shares are worth between $1 and $5 million.

A separate filing signed by the House Speaker earlier this month indicated that Paul Pelosi had exercised call options last month to purchase 20,000 shares of the chipmaker at a strike price of $100.

The latest regulatory filing came one day before the Senate passed legislation in 64-33 vote to provide $280 billion to bolster the American semiconductor industry as the nation grappled with a chip shortage, which was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asked about her husband’s decision to sell his shares given the timing of the House’s vote on the chips bill, Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill told The Hill in a statement, “Mr. Pelosi bought options to buy stock in this company more than a year ago and exercised them on June 17, 2022.”