[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CELEBRATING VICTORY OVER CORRUPTION

  (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, today I am celebrating justice and a victory 
over big corruption in Ohio.
  A jury in Federal court in Ohio found guilty and convicted the 
Republican Ohio Speaker, Larry Householder, and former Ohio Republican 
Party Chair, Matt Borges. Guilty of illegally selling off the Ohio 
statehouse through bribery, conspiracy, racketeering, and wire fraud, 
involving taking $61 million in bribes through FirstEnergy's dark money 
fund called Generation Now.
  Their conspiracy involved forcing $1.3 billion of FirstEnergy losses 
on the ratepayers of Ohio. Shame on them.
  What they were not tried for but should have been is their dangerous 
malfeasance in allowing FirstEnergy's nuclear plant in my district to 
operate in the most dangerous manner, creating the most serious set of 
nuclear accidents in this country's history since Three Mile Island.
  Onward justice. Onward new clean energy for Ohio and America.

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