[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 81 (Thursday, May 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        STAMPING OUT CORRUPTION

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, if you are looking for a place to start 
stamping out corruption, you need look no further than the Old Post 
Office building just down the street.
  Yesterday, workers began removing Trump's name from the property, 
ending an era of corruption. While in office, the former President was 
both landlord and tenant of this establishment, which raised numerous 
ethical questions.
  After reviewing thousands of pages of records, Chairman DeFazio and I 
found that the GSA failed to both enforce the lease, which forbade 
involvement from any elected official of the U.S. Government and failed 
to conduct oversight on possible violations of the Emoluments Clause.
  To prevent this from happening again, I introduced the Outlease 
Reform in Public Buildings Act to prohibit any President from 
maintaining a GSA outlease and to establish Congressional review of the 
outleasing program.
  I urge my colleagues to get this signed, sealed, and delivered to the 
President's desk, and I hope we don't have to look at that Trump sign 
any longer.

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