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Gosar Supports Rules That Promote Integrity Among All
Washington, DC,
February 9, 2012
Congressman Paul Gosar D.D.S (R-AZ), issued the following statement after the House passed the STOCK Act (S. 2038), which stands for Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge. Congressman Gosar has long called for reforms to prevent insider trade by government officials and is a cosponsor of the House version of the bill – H.R 1148.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 09, 2012 CONTACT: Apryl Marie Fogel Gosar Supports Rules That Promote Integrity Among All Congressman Paul Gosar D.D.S (R-AZ), issued the following statement after the House passed the STOCK Act (S. 2038), which stands for Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge. Congressman Gosar has long called for reforms to prevent insider trade by government officials and is a cosponsor of the House version of the bill – H.R 1148. The version of the bill which passed the House today strengthens current rules to include those who serve in all branches of the federal government. Congressman Gosar said, “I was pleased to vote for this important bill. Americans deserve to have confidence in those that serve them in all branches of the federal government. No one should be exempt from rules which ensure the highest levels of integrity are held when serving our nation.” The House added provisions to the Senate bill which extends the reforms across all branches of the federal government, ensures that Members of Congress who commit a crime do not receive a taxpayer funded pension and adds a provision to ensure public administrators and their staff are not able to receive special access to initial public offerings because of their position. ### |