[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      MORE EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Langworthy) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LANGWORTHY. Madam Speaker, it feels like every week, the House 
Oversight Committee uncovers more evidence of wrongdoing by the 
President and his family.
  I have seen thousands of pages of suspicious activity reports at the 
Treasury, the FD-1023 form from the FBI, and piles of evidence that 
suggest bribery and influence peddling.
  All of this is hidden from the American people by a brazenly corrupt 
two-tiered justice system and a complete media blackout on the subject.
  Bribery and foreign influence peddling strike at the heart of our 
democratic principles. It corrodes the very foundations of our Nation 
and fosters an environment where personal gain takes precedence over 
our duty to the American people. It is a responsibility of each and 
every one of us to demand answers and to hold the President 
accountable.
  It is outrageous that just last month, the DOJ announced a sweetheart 
plea deal for Hunter Biden that would absolve him of any future charges 
with the foreign bribery and influence peddling schemes that we have 
just started to unravel in the House Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability.
  On the very same day this plea deal was announced, Biden's DOJ went 
after President Trump. It is a joke. This is something you would expect 
to see in a tinpot, third-world dictatorship. What is even worse is the 
complete media blackout on any of the evidence that we have uncovered 
here.
  We used to hail the free press in America as the fourth estate. 
Journalists used to pride themselves on uncovering corruption.
  The American people have a right to know about potential wrongdoing 
by their elected leaders and their associates and their families. They 
deserve a media that fearlessly investigates and reports on matters 
that impact the foundations of our democracy.
  These allegations that are not taken seriously by the DOJ or the 
media have a very real impact on the work we do here in this Chamber 
every single day.
  This week, we are considering the NDAA. House Republicans have 
included strong language to combat the threat of the Chinese Communist 
Party. Meanwhile, our President and his family have alleged business 
ties to that same Chinese Communist Party. How can we expect a 
President to appropriately represent the interests of the United States 
if there is a vested interest in seeing our adversaries succeed for 
their own personal gain?
  If not for the work of the House Oversight Committee, the American 
people would be left in the dark, and this is unacceptable. We need 
every American citizen to speak up and say that it is ``We, the 
people'' that run this government; not Joe Biden, not the bureaucrats, 
and certainly not the Department of Justice, or those in the corrupt 
legacy media who have put a complete media blackout on this corruption 
story. We are not going to let this stand.

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