[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Menefee) 
come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
  Mr. MENEFEE led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

       I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of 
     America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation 
     under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.


                            TRUMP SLUSH FUND

  (Mr. MENEFEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENEFEE. Mr. Speaker, grocery prices are up. Gas prices are up. 
Families across this country are choosing between rent and food. What 
does this administration do? They just created a $1.7 billion fund, not 
for working people, but for the President's people.
  The President confirmed it himself. January 6 insurrectionists, who 
stormed this very building, can apply. These are the same people he 
already pardoned. Now, they get a payout as well using taxpayer dollars 
with no court, no judge, just a commission that the President controls, 
writing checks to whomever this administration decides deserves one.
  It amazes me that this President, who has said that we don't have 
money to provide people with childcare, a President who has said we 
don't have money to provide people with healthcare, that this President 
and his administration could somehow find $1.7 billion for compensation 
for criminals, $1.7 billion in reparations for rioters, $1.7 billion in 
income for insurrectionists.
  This is corruption, and the American taxpayer is footing the bill. 
The American people deserve better.

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