Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar buys $15K–$50K of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B) while on a related committee

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) reported that they bought Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B) stock worth $15K–$50K on July 28, 2026. The trade was disclosed in a Periodic Transaction Report filed on August 7, 2026, 10 days after the trade.

Salazar sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, whose work touches banks and finance, an area that matters to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

In the year before, Salazar reported 1 other trade in BRK-B: 1 purchase and 0 sales.

Across all their reports we have read, Maria Elvira Salazar disclosed 121 stock trades.

The law gives only a range for each trade, so the exact amount and price are not public.

What happened next: BRK-B rose 3% from the week of the purchase to their next reported sale on September 24, 2026, while the S&P 500 moved +3.1%. This is the stock's move, not the member's profit.

Source: Periodic Transaction Report ↗. Written automatically from the report and weekly price data. Information, not investment advice. Published free for the public; congressional disclosure reports may not be used for commercial purposes or soliciting money.

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In 2020 several senators faced questions over stock sales made after private briefings on the coronavirus. Those trades became public through the same kind of report this story is built from.

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Members of Congress write the rules for many companies, so the law makes them tell the public when they buy or sell stocks. This report is like a referee saying which team's merchandise they bought: it does not mean they did anything wrong, but it lets everyone check.

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