[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4204-S4205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Air Force One

  Now, Mr. President, on Air Force One, Donald Trump's corruption truly 
knows no limits. Apparently, it wasn't enough for Trump to charge the 
American people for his golden ballroom on the ground. Now he wants the 
taxpayers to fund his palace in the sky as well. Trump's $400 million 
foreign jet--the biggest gift a President has received from a foreign 
government ever--is anything but free. Taxpayers will have to pay 
hundreds of millions of dollars to outfit Trump's luxury jet with the 
security upgrades it needs to serve as Air Force One.
  I am advancing the Presidential Airlift Security Act for immediate 
passage to ensure that Americans don't have to foot the bill to ``max 
out'' Trump's luxury jet when he already has access to a perfectly fine 
Air Force One. There is no way we are letting Trump charge Americans so 
he can fly in style while they are struggling to make ends meet.
  I introduced this legislation last year, but every single Republican 
Senator voted against the bill. Senate Republicans cleared the way for 
Trump's Air Force One spending spree. I urge my colleagues across the 
aisle not to

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repeat the same mistake. Trump always finds a way to saddle the 
American people with the cost of his corruption. We have an opportunity 
to stop it. Will our Republican colleagues join us to make that happen?
  Democrats will continue to expose how the Trump administration's 
corruption is driving up Americans' costs every chance we get--the 
slush fund, an exemption from taxes, what he did on his own social 
media in charging people for it, and now this Air Force One corruption. 
Every day--just about every day--there is a new story about how Trump's 
corruption is rampant and raises the costs of the American people.