[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SEEKING THE TRUTH

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss blatant Republican 
hypocrisy. Yesterday, the House Oversight Committee discussed whether 
to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress because he rejected a 
congressional subpoena.
  It is insulting and ironic, given that elected Republicans   Jim 
Jordan, Mo Brooks, Scott Perry,   Andy Biggs, and former Speaker Kevin 
McCarthy did the same thing.
  They took an oath of allegiance to America, but the issue is not 
congressional subpoenas. The issue is the truth.
  Hunter Biden wants to tell the truth in a public hearing, but 
Republicans do not want the truth. They want a story based on lies and 
deceit.
  They want Americans to think Hunter Biden is the problem with our 
country, but it is failed and incompetent Republican leadership that is 
the problem.
  It is the unpopular and dangerous Republican agenda. That is the 
problem. Their blatant hypocrisy to cover up the truth is a national 
tragedy.

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