Oregon Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle violated rules meant to increase the transparency of stock transactions by members of Congress, according to a recent report by the non-profit Open Secrets .

The report states that 217 stock transactions were not disclosed within the mandated 45 days. The violation comes on top of not filing a Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act report by an Aug. 13 deadline, per reporting by NOTUS .

Hoyle told KLCC the purchases arose when her husband’s employer switched his retirement plan from a pension to an individually managed 401(k) and his financial planner invested his retirement savings.

A spokesperson for Hoyle said the total amount invested is around $500,000.

"I realized that when I was filling out my financials reporting form. And as s

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