Ron Paul Introduces Legislation To Force Greater Transparency At The SEC

[bobbyw24]

By: FortBendNow Staff on Fri, Jul 30, 2010


Congressman Ron Paul yesterday introduced the SEC Transparency Act of 2010, a bill designed to force greater transparency in the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Recent news reports have publicized a little-noticed provision in the recently-passed financial reform package that the Securities and Exchange Commission has used to deny requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Paul’s bill would repeal the provision in the newly-passed legislation the SEC has used to deny FOIA requests.

“It is unfortunate, yet not unexpected, that legislation touted as fixing problems with the banking system actually makes them worse and provides more cover and power for organizations that failed us like the SEC and the Fed,” Paul said in introducing the bill. “I expect in the coming weeks and months that many more harmful provisions like this will come to light and it will take quite a bit of work to undo the damage from this massive and misguided legislation.”

http://www.fortbendnow.com/2010/07/30/47080

[Kotin]

:cool:

[someperson]

I saw this earlier, but I haven't been able to find it on the various bill tracking sites. Has anyone found it or the HR #?

[heavenlyboy34]

It would be nice, but it probably won't materialize. :(

[bobbyw24]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=255106

[Matt Collins]

Audit the SEC!!!

[bobbyw24]

Ron Paul Introduces SEC Transparency Act
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By RonPaul.com on July 30, 2010

Congressman Ron Paul yesterday introduced the SEC Transparency Act of 2010 (HR 5970), a bill designed to force greater transparency in the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bill is designed to repeal the amendments made by section 929I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to the confidentiality of materials submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Recent news reports have publicized the little-noticed provision in the recently-passed financial reform package that the Securities and Exchange Commission has used to deny requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act. Paul’s bill would repeal the provision in the newly-passed legislation the SEC has used to deny FOIA requests.

“It is unfortunate, yet not unexpected, that legislation touted as fixing problems with the banking system actually makes them worse and provides more cover and power for organizations that failed us like the SEC and the Fed,” Paul said in introducing the bill. “I expect in the coming weeks and months that many more harmful provisions like this will come to light and it will take quite a bit of work to undo the damage from this massive and misguided legislation.”



Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged HR 5970, SEC, SEC Transparency Act | Leave a response

[someperson]

HR 5970. Thanks, bobby!

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-5970

[bobbyw24]

HR 5970. Thanks, bobby!

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-5970

Thanks for that link--couldn't find it

[tjeffersonsghost]

Bump for common sense!

[bobbyw24]

Ron Paul Goes After The SEC's FOIA Exclusivity, Introduces SEC Transparency Act

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/31/2010 10:21 -0500

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Just because being the most corrupt organization in the world was not enough, the SEC decided, courtesy of Donk (aka Frankendodd), that it is beyond accountability to anyone, even the constitution, after it was recently made public that the world's most incompetent and bribed regulators will continue watching kiddie porn, instead of regulatoring, only do so in complete opacity from now on, as in the future the SEC would be exempt from FOIA responses. And with retail investors saying "no more" to trading stocks in a rigged casino that shares the same level of integrity as its regulator, and is programmed to generate profits for the house and the computers on 99.9% of trades (except of course for those newsletter and subscription peddlers who catch every single inflection point ever, and can predict what the market will do not only tomorrow but a week, a month and a year from now) the market will soon be a ghost town. Recent attempts by Senator Kaufman to bring some honesty to stocks have so far been met with failure as the Sisyphean task is far too great for any one individual. Which is why we are glad to learn that Ron Paul has joined those few who still hold the long-forgotten dream that the market should be fair and impartial for all (and yes, that means eliminating discount window access for the chosen few Bank Holding Company hedge funds out there) and has introduced the SEC Transparency Act of 2010 (HR 5970), a bill designed to force greater transparency in the Securities and Exchange Commission. Little by little, every single "intervention" by the world's two most corrupt politicians is being overturned: first the rating agency accountability provision which nearly destroyed the shadow market with a complete lockup of all new ABS issuance, and now the SEC's exclusion from that simple concept known as "checks and balances." Soon FinReg will finally be exposed for the fraud it has been since its inception - the much touted Obama financial regulatory reform is nothing but a scam designed to allow Wall Street to steel what middle class wealth remains faster, bolder and in ever greater amounts, as the point where the system breaks is now months away, and the Wall Street-DC joint venture is all too aware. As a result all must be done to allow theft to be bigger than ever, all the while the "regulator" is no longer held responsible for looking the other way.

From Ron Paul:

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What is unclear is whether the Ron Paul law prohibts SEC staffers to spend 40 hours per week to browse porn on the taxpayer's dime, while sending out their resumes to assorted HFT outfits, where they will participate in the same bid stuffing crime first hand, instead of just looking away from it when the latest bribery check clears.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ron-paul-goes-after-secs-foia-exclusivity-introduces-sec-transparency-act