Financial Disclosures
Personal Financial Disclosure
Every Member of the U.S. House of Representatives who was in office by May 15 of the current year is required to file a Financial Disclosure Statement covering these categories, for the previous calendar year:
- earned income (e.g., salaries and fees)
- donations made by others to charities in lieu of paying a Representative for a speech, appearance, or article
- “unearned” income
- assets purchased, sold, or exchanged
- liabilities
- gifts received
- travel reimbursements
- positions held by the Representative
- agreements with outside entities
Financial disclosure statements for Representatives are available on the Internet on or about June 15 of the year they are filed. I took office on January 3, 2013. My financial disclosure statements are filed with the Clerk of the House and are available on the Internet (through the Clerk’s Financial Disclosure Reports Database) or below.
2013 Disclosure: http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2013/10000891.pdf
2014 Disclosure: http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2014/10005335.pdf
Office Expenses
Every three months, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House publishes the “Statement of Disbursements” — the official report of the receipts and expenditures of every office of the House of Representatives. The full text of this report is available here.
Travel Expense Disclosures
Every Member of the House of Representatives is required to file reports which detail travel-related expenses reimbursed by nongovernment sources and charitable contributions made in lieu of honoraria (a payment for services that do not have a set fee). All of these reports are available through the Gift and Travel Filings page maintained by the Clerk of the House.
Below find a list of official trips taken by Congressman Peters or members of his staff, including date of travel, location, cost, and organization who sponsored the trip.
- On August 4th-11th of 2014, Congressman Peters and his wife Lynn traveled to Israel. The trip was sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation and cost $12,946.06.
- Link to the official disclosure document here: http://clerk.house.gov/GTImages/MT/2013/500010368.pdf
- On February 20th-22nd of 2014, Congressman Peters’ Chief of Staff traveled to Miami for a conference sponsored by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. The trip cost $992.00
- Link to the official disclosure document here: http://clerk.house.gov/GTImages/ST/2014/500011273.pdf
- On February 7th-9th of 2014, Congressman Peters’ Chief of Staff traveled to Philadelphia for a conference sponsored by Center Forward. The trip cost $1,090.
- Link to the official disclosure document here: http://clerk.house.gov/GTImages/ST/2014/500011124.pdf
- On February 7th-9th of 2014, Congressman Peters’ Legislative Director traveled to Philadelphia for a conference sponsored by Center Forward. The trip cost $1,090.
- Link to the official disclosure document here: http://clerk.house.gov/GTImages/ST/2014/500011238.pdf
- On February 14th-22nd of 2015, Congressman Peters' Chief of Staff traveled to Israel. The trip was sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation and cost $11,472.50.
- Link to the official disclosure document here: http://clerk.house.gov/GTImages/ST/2015/500013297.pdf