{"id":7264,"date":"2009-01-15T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-statement-on-troubled-asset-relief-program-vote\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:58","slug":"merkley-statement-on-troubled-asset-relief-program-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-troubled-asset-relief-program-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n de Merkley sobre la votaci\u00f3n del programa de alivio de activos en problemas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pressappReleaseBody\" title=\"Cuerpo de liberaci\u00f3n\">\n<p>Washington, DC \u2013 Hoy, el Senado de EE. UU. rechaz\u00f3 una resoluci\u00f3n que desaprueba la liberaci\u00f3n de $350 mil millones para el Programa de Alivio de Activos en Problemas (TARP). La votaci\u00f3n despeja el camino para que los fondos sean entregados a la administraci\u00f3n entrante de Obama.<\/p>\n<p>El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, vot\u00f3 para liberar los fondos del TARP. Merkley emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEl oto\u00f1o pasado, me opuse al rescate de $700 billones de firmas de servicios financieros porque sent\u00ed que la legislaci\u00f3n era fundamentalmente defectuosa. No ayud\u00f3 a los propietarios ni lleg\u00f3 a las ra\u00edces de la crisis; pr\u00e1cticamente no requer\u00eda l\u00edmites en la compensaci\u00f3n ejecutiva y no asegur\u00f3 que aquellos que crearon esta crisis no estuvieran cobrando a expensas de los contribuyentes; y no inclu\u00eda suficientes salvaguardas o supervisi\u00f3n del dinero de los contribuyentes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstas preocupaciones se confirmaron a trav\u00e9s de las acciones de la Administraci\u00f3n Bush y las acciones de las firmas financieras durante los meses subsiguientes. Casi no vimos supervisi\u00f3n ni transparencia; vimos que el dinero de los contribuyentes se usaba para financiar fusiones y adquisiciones, no para descongelar los mercados crediticios; y no vimos ning\u00fan esfuerzo efectivo para ayudar directamente a los propietarios de viviendas que enfrentan ejecuciones hipotecarias.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cDurante numerosas discusiones esta semana con los l\u00edderes del Senado, Larry Summers, Rahm Emanuel y el presidente electo Obama, abogu\u00e9 fervientemente por medidas mucho m\u00e1s fuertes y efectivas para ayudar a los propietarios de viviendas. Creo que escucharon mi mensaje y se han comprometido a renovar el programa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspec\u00edficamente, ahora se han comprometido a dedicar una parte significativa de este paquete a la mitigaci\u00f3n directa de ejecuciones hipotecarias: al menos $50 mil millones y hasta $100 mil millones. Los 2 millones de estadounidenses que enfrentan ejecuciones hipotecarias este a\u00f1o necesitan desesperadamente esta ayuda, incluidos casi 26,000 habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n. Adem\u00e1s, las empresas que toman fondos TARP ahora deber\u00e1n reestructurar las hipotecas que tienen para evitar la ejecuci\u00f3n hipotecaria. La Administraci\u00f3n entrante tambi\u00e9n se compromete a reformar nuestras leyes de quiebras para permitir que los jueces modifiquen los t\u00e9rminos de las hipotecas de viviendas, tal como ya lo hacen con otros tipos de pr\u00e9stamos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdem\u00e1s, la administraci\u00f3n entrante de Obama ha abordado muchas de mis otras preocupaciones, por ejemplo, prometiendo nuevas pr\u00e1cticas para garantizar la transparencia y la supervisi\u00f3n del programa y bloqueando la ayuda para empresas que no limitan la compensaci\u00f3n ejecutiva.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cEsta votaci\u00f3n no fue una decisi\u00f3n f\u00e1cil para m\u00ed porque la estructura de la resoluci\u00f3n no brinda la oportunidad de enmendar disposiciones espec\u00edficas del programa TARP. Sin embargo, despu\u00e9s de recibir las garant\u00edas personales de que se tomar\u00edan los pasos que describ\u00ed anteriormente, he optado por apoyar la liberaci\u00f3n de estos fondos para ayudar a los propietarios de viviendas y descongelar los mercados crediticios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDurante mucho tiempo he dicho que necesitamos un gobierno que trabaje para los trabajadores estadounidenses y ponga a Main Street por delante de Wall Street. Ahora creo que los fondos del TARP se utilizar\u00e1n de manera m\u00e1s inteligente para estabilizar nuestros mercados y, lo que es m\u00e1s importante, para mantener a las familias en sus hogares\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; Today, the U.S. Senate rejected a resolution disapproving of the release of $350 billion for the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP).&nbsp;&nbsp;The vote clears the way for the funds to be released to the incoming Obama Administration. 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