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U.S. NEWS Thursday 1 december 2016
Trump says he’s leaving businesses to avoid conflicts

the Oval Office. that way.”
Trump announced in a se- “The three adult children
ries of early morning tweets who do already work in the
that he would leave his corporation are expected
“great business,” adding: to continue in those roles
“While I am not mandated and in fact increase their
to do this under the law, I responsibilities in those
feel it is visually important, roles,” Conway said.
as president, to in no way Ethics experts have pushed
have a conflict of interest for Trump to fully exit the
with my various business- ownership of his business-
es.” es using a blind trust or
Trump provided no details, equivalent arrangement.
though he said legal doc- “Otherwise he will have a
uments were being pre- personal financial interest
pared. He previously had in his businesses that will
said he’d leave his busi- sometimes conflict with the
ness operations to his three public interest and con-
eldest children — Donald stantly raise questions,”
Jr., Eric and Ivanka. Norman Eisen, President
Asked if the tweets in- Barack Obama’s chief eth-
dicated plans to move ics lawyer, and Richard
the businesses to the chil- Painter, who held the same
dren, Trump senior adviser post for President George
President-elect Donald Trump, center, eats dinner with Mitt Romney, right, and Trump Chief of Staff Kellyanne Conway said W. Bush, said in a joint
Reince Priebus at Jean-Georges restaurant in New York. Wednesday, “it appears statement.q
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

CATHERINE LUCEY pect that he could simply
Associated Press shift more control to three
NEW YORK (AP) — Presi- of his adult children looked
dent-elect Donald Trump too cozy to some business-
declared Wednesday he ethics specialists who sug-
will leave his business em- gest the arrangement
pire behind to focus on his could bring unprecedent-
presidency. But the pros- ed conflicts of interest into

Report: House OKs bill bolstering
medical research, drug approvals

ALAN FRAM approval next week would
Associated Press mark an uncommon epi-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sode of cooperation be-
House easily approved a tween the GOP-run 114th
sweeping biomedical bill Congress — which plans to
Wednesday that would adjourn next week — and
help drug and medical President Barack Obama
device companies win in their dwindling days in
swifter government ap- office.
proval of their products, The vote was 392-26.
boost disease research “We are on the cusp of
and drug-abuse spending something special, a once-
and revamp federal men- in-a-generation opportu-
tal health programs. nity to transform how we
The compromise, which en- treat disease,” said Rep.
visions spending $6.3 billion Fred Upton, R-Mich., chair-
over the next decade, was man of the House Energy
condemned by consumer and Commerce Commit-
groups and some Demo- tee and an author of the
crats as a present to drug- legislation.
makers that promised only Not everyone agreed.
paltry spending increases Rep. Rose DeLauro, D-
for underfunded federal Conn., said that while the
programs. bill contained “noble goals
But their objections were that I share,”
overwhelmed by an alli- its relaxation of some stan-
ance among Republicans, dards for federal drug ap-
many Democrats and the provals was dangerous
White House for a 996- and “neglects the very
page measure that bore people clinical trials are
wins for both parties. The meant to help, that is the
Senate’s expected final patients.”q