{"id":4397,"date":"2018-12-06T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-brown-introduce-legislation-to-stop-government-officials-from-profiting-off-of-their-positions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:03","slug":"merkley-brown-introduce-legislation-to-stop-government-officials-from-profiting-off-of-their-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-brown-introduce-legislation-to-stop-government-officials-from-profiting-off-of-their-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Brown presentan legislaci\u00f3n para evitar que los funcionarios gubernamentales se beneficien de sus cargos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses Jeff Merkley (D-OR) y Sherrod Brown (D-OH) presentaron hoy el <i>Prohibici\u00f3n de la Ley de Comercio en Conflicto<\/i>, nueva legislaci\u00f3n que prohibir\u00eda a los miembros del Congreso abusar de sus cargos p\u00fablicos para obtener ganancias financieras personales.<\/p>\n<p>El <i>Prohibici\u00f3n de la Ley de Comercio en Conflicto<\/i> responde a m\u00faltiples esc\u00e1ndalos en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os en los que se ha encontrado a miembros del Congreso comprando y vendiendo acciones en ciertas industrias y al mismo tiempo elaborando legislaci\u00f3n que afecta a esas industrias.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYa es hora de poner fin al comercio conflictivo, en el que los legisladores y el personal de alto nivel comercian con acciones mientras toman decisiones que afectan su valor. Esto es escandaloso\u201d, <b>dijo Merkley.<\/b> \u201cSocava tanto la integridad de la gobernanza como la percepci\u00f3n de integridad. \u00a1Terminemos con esta corrupci\u00f3n ahora!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos miembros del Congreso sirven al pueblo estadounidense, no a sus carteras de acciones\u201d, <b>dijo Brown.<\/b> \u201cLos funcionarios electos tienen acceso a informaci\u00f3n no p\u00fablica que puede afectar a empresas individuales e industrias enteras. Debe haber m\u00e1s responsabilidad y transparencia para evitar que los miembros usen esta informaci\u00f3n y abusen de sus cargos para beneficio personal\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>La Ley de Prohibici\u00f3n de Comercio en Conflicto sigue a dos importantes esc\u00e1ndalos comerciales del Congreso en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>A principios de este a\u00f1o, se revel\u00f3 que el Representante Chris Collins (R-NY) compr\u00f3 casi $1 millones en acciones con descuento de la compa\u00f1\u00eda farmac\u00e9utica australiana Innate Immunotherapeutics. Chris Collins se sent\u00f3 en el directorio de la empresa, mientras que \u00e9l y los miembros de su familia pose\u00edan alrededor de 20%, con una inversi\u00f3n personal por valor de $720,000, de la empresa. Se sent\u00f3 en el Subcomit\u00e9 de Salud del Comit\u00e9 de Energ\u00eda y Comercio durante ese tiempo. El 8 de agosto de 2018, el FBI arrest\u00f3 a Collins, junto con su hijo y el suegro de su hijo, por fraude electr\u00f3nico, conspiraci\u00f3n para cometer fraude de valores, fraude de valores y mentir al FBI en relaci\u00f3n con sus actividades relacionadas con Innate. inmuno. Los representantes Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Billy Long (R-MO), Mike Conaway (R-TX) y John Culberson (R-TX) tambi\u00e9n compraron acciones en Innate Immuno.<\/p>\n<p>Mientras tanto, en enero de 2017, se hizo evidente que el entonces candidato a secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS), Tom Price (R-GA), quien se sent\u00f3 en el Comit\u00e9 de Medios y Arbitrios y en el Subcomit\u00e9 de Salud durante su tiempo en el Congreso, hab\u00eda hecho docenas de negocia acciones en la industria de la salud durante un per\u00edodo de varios a\u00f1os y, al mismo tiempo, act\u00faa como uno de los principales formuladores de pol\u00edticas de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. Mientras legislaba, abog\u00f3 por los intereses de una empresa en la que invirti\u00f3, Amgen, sin revelar el conflicto de intereses. Y menos de una semana despu\u00e9s de comprar acciones de Zimmer Biomet, una empresa de dispositivos m\u00e9dicos, Price present\u00f3 una legislaci\u00f3n para retrasar una regulaci\u00f3n de los Centros de Medicare y Medicaid hasta 2018, una medida que proteger\u00eda las finanzas de la empresa. Despu\u00e9s de presentar el acto, la campa\u00f1a de reelecci\u00f3n de Price recibi\u00f3 una donaci\u00f3n del PAC de Zimmer Biomet. En total, Price ten\u00eda acciones en m\u00e1s de 40 empresas que crearon conflictos de inter\u00e9s por su puesto como Secretario del HHS.<\/p>\n<p>El<i> Prohibici\u00f3n de la Ley de Comercio en Conflicto <\/i>prohibir\u00eda a los miembros del Congreso y al personal superior del Congreso comprar o vender acciones individuales y otras inversiones mientras est\u00e9n en el cargo.<\/p>\n<p>Se permitir\u00eda a los nuevos miembros vender propiedades individuales dentro de los seis meses posteriores a la elecci\u00f3n, y los miembros del Congreso en funciones podr\u00edan vender propiedades individuales dentro de los seis meses posteriores a la promulgaci\u00f3n del proyecto de ley. Alternativamente, los miembros del Congreso pueden optar por mantener las inversiones existentes mientras est\u00e1n en el cargo, sin opci\u00f3n de negociaci\u00f3n hasta que dejen el cargo, o transferirlas a un fideicomiso ciego. A los miembros del Congreso a\u00fan se les permitir\u00eda tener inversiones de amplia participaci\u00f3n, como fondos mutuos diversificados y fondos cotizados en bolsa.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, la legislaci\u00f3n prohibir\u00eda que los miembros del Congreso participen en juntas corporativas mientras est\u00e9n en el cargo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading Act, new legislation that would prohibit members of Congress from abusing their public positions for personal financial gain. 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