[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 77 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1923]
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                      UPHOLDING THE OATH OF OFFICE

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. BALINT. Madam Speaker, it has been 5 days since President Trump, 
when asked if he had to uphold the Constitution, told a reporter: ``I 
don't know.''
  Madam Speaker, it has been 5 days of silence from my Republican 
colleagues. I keep waiting to see if a single Republican will speak up 
about this and denounce this horrifying remark.
  My Republican colleagues: What has happened to you? You know that, if 
Obama or Clinton or Biden had said such an outrageous thing, you would 
be tripping over yourselves to get in front of the cameras. Yet, now, 
in this moment, you say nothing and you do nothing.
  I was at the inauguration. I saw all of you. We sat together and 
watched the President swear his oath of office to uphold the 
Constitution.
  I am pleading with you to speak up. Your fear is keeping you so 
small, and it is to the detriment of our country and our constitutional 
democracy.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ezell). Members are reminded to direct 
their remarks to the Chair.

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