[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN THE SWAMP

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, President Trump promised to drain the swamp, 
but the Financial Times reports his pay-to-play scheme catering to 
Chinese investors sure looks like he is in the swamp.
  Vox reports this week President Trump has a direct financial interest 
in a major real estate development project essentially underwritten by 
a state-owned Chinese bank in Indonesia called Lido City and secured a 
$500 million loan from the Metallurgical Corporation of China, billing 
it as Asia's first Trump community, featuring a resort golf course, 
condominiums, and private villas.
  According to the Financial Times, the President and the Republican 
Party are soon to host a $150,000-a-plate dinner in Dallas, where a 
Chinese-owned bank is now encouraging its top investors to attend so 
they can get face time with the President and key members of his team 
at $150,000 a plate.
  Meanwhile, the American workers still don't know what is in President 
Trump's trade deal to increase Chinese purchases of American goods, but 
we do know we need a guard dog to protect American economic and 
security interests from the President's apparent conflict of interest 
on his personal dealings, not in the national interest.

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