[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fallon). The Chair recognizes the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Rose) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are committed to conducting 
the necessary congressional oversight of President Biden's 
administration. That is why we have initiated a formal impeachment 
inquiry into the President, because bottom line, Americans deserve to 
know that the office of the Vice President and now President is not for 
sale.
  According to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 
evidence reveals that President Joe Biden knew of, participated in, and 
directly benefited from his family cashing in on the Biden name. 
Through evidence uncovered in financial records, wire transfers from 
foreign entities, emails, testimony from credible IRS whistleblowers, 
texts, and transcribed interviews with Biden family associates, the 
evidence paints a clear picture.
  During President Joe Biden's time as Vice President, his son, Hunter 
Biden, sold his father as ``the brand'' to reap millions from oligarchs 
in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. The family even began working with 
a Chinese entity during President Biden's time as Vice President. It 
appears that no real services were provided other than access to the 
Biden network, which makes this look even more suspicious.
  Most intellectually honest and objective people would call this a 
smoking gun, but unfortunately most members of the mainstream media do 
not fall into this category these days. That is why most Americans have 
turned away from mainstream media outlets. These media outlets have 
lost all credibility because they refuse to dig deeper to answer the 
legitimate and obviously newsworthy questions that many Americans have 
about the evidence showing President Biden's central role in his 
family's unethical business schemes. That is why House Republicans must 
remain committed to finding answers.
  Some of these answers may come from the President's son, Hunter 
Biden, who up until recently has defied congressional subpoenas to 
testify before the relevant committees. He even had the gall to 
recently show up to the Capitol and to a committee hearing simply as an 
outrageous publicity stunt. He offered to answer any question but 
actually answered none. Then, after making an ugly scene, he left with 
his taxpayer-funded security.
  The Tennesseans I represent in Congress deserve transparency. They 
deserve to know what qualifications Hunter Biden had to serve on the 
board of the scandal-ridden Ukrainian oil company Burisma. They deserve 
to know who was purchasing Hunter Biden's artwork and why. Because, 
after all, we know Hunter Biden isn't an artist producing works worth 
the hundreds of thousands of dollars that he is receiving.
  What is most unfortunate about House Republicans' work to uncover 
this evidence is that not a single member of the Democratic Party has 
joined us. This is about doing what is right on behalf of our Nation 
and about defending our Constitution. It is our constitutional duty to 
find out whether the President has committed an impeachable offense.
  We will leave no stone unturned; no lead or shred of evidence will be 
left behind. That is our commitment, and it always will be. We are 
committed to finding the truth, delivering accountability and 
transparency to the American people, and committed to the Constitution 
of the United States of America above all else.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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