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Hearing Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition and transparency lowers prescription drug costs.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
WELCH, PETER "this is a story about how a young and talented and idealistic man committed to public service, a prosecutor's prosecutor, became a new person in service of a corrupt president. It's a story of ambition and loyalty and political calculation eroding resistance and idealism. Mr. Blanche has used his considerable talents to accommodate the corrupt goals of a corrupt president. By the way, Mr. Chairman, if we rejected Todd Blanche, that corrupt president would find a new Todd Blanche. But Blanche is also a story about how a once great institution is relinquishing its own power and capitulating to..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
WELCH, PETER "Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, this is a story about how a young and talented and idealistic man committed to public service, a prosecutor's prosecutor, became a new person in service of a corrupt president. It's a story of ambition and loyalty and political calculation eroding resistance and idealism. Mr. Blanche has used his considerable talents to accommodate the corrupt goals of a corrupt president. By the way, Mr. Chairman, if we rejected Todd Blanche, that corrupt president would find a new Todd Blanche. But Blanche is also a story about how a once great institution is relinquishing..."
Hearing Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of AI surveillance pricing.
senate Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
WELCH, PETER "Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, this is a story about how a young and talented and idealistic man committed to public service, a prosecutor's prosecutor, became a new person in service of a corrupt president. It's a story of ambition and loyalty and political calculation eroding resistance and idealism. Mr. Blanche has used his considerable talents to accommodate the corrupt goals of a corrupt president. By the way, Mr. Chairman, if we rejected Todd Blanche, that corrupt president would find a new Todd Blanche. But Blanche is also a story about how a once great institution is relinquishing..."
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Paraguay: An Overview
Resources · Oct 31, 2024
Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America bordered by Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. The United States has had good relations with Paraguay for decades, providing assistance to counter...
Testimony WELCH, PETER
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"this is a story about how a young and talented and idealistic man committed to public service, a prosecutor's prosecutor, became a new person in service of a corrupt president. It's a story of ambition and loyalty and political calculation eroding resistance and idealism. Mr. Blanche has used his considerable talents to accommodate the corrupt goals of a corrupt president. By the way, Mr. Chairman, if we rejected Todd Blanche, that corrupt president would find a new Todd Blanche. But Blanche is..."
Testimony WELCH, PETER
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, this is a story about how a young and talented and idealistic man committed to public service, a prosecutor's prosecutor, became a new person in service of a corrupt president. It's a story of ambition and loyalty and political calculation eroding resistance and idealism. Mr. Blanche has used his considerable talents to accommodate the corrupt goals of a corrupt president. By the way, Mr. Chairman, if we rejected Todd Blanche, that corrupt president would find..."
Testimony WELCH, PETER
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, this is a story about how a young and talented and idealistic man committed to public service, a prosecutor's prosecutor, became a new person in service of a corrupt president. It's a story of ambition and loyalty and political calculation eroding resistance and idealism. Mr. Blanche has used his considerable talents to accommodate the corrupt goals of a corrupt president. By the way, Mr. Chairman, if we rejected Todd Blanche, that corrupt president would find..."
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The Declare War Clause, Part 2: Historical Background, Drafting, and Ratification
Posts · Sep 30, 2024
This Legal Sidebar is the second part of an eight-part series that discusses the Declare War Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power “To declare...
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
WALKINSHAW, JAMES R. "That is not draining the swamp. So forgive me if I find it difficult to take seriously lectures about fraud from people who have cheered while the most corrupt president in modern history has dismantled protection after protection against fraud. You don't get to scream fraud on Tuesday after you fired the fraud investigators on"
Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_30 "which blocks the use of federal funds to create or finance the Trump-IRS Settlement Slush Fund and imposes new restrictions to prevent taxpayer dollars from being funneled from the Judgment Fund to January 6th insurrectionists. Madam Chair, the Justice Department's recent corrupt settlement with President Trump establishing a $1.8 billion political slush fund in the Department of Justice is another brazen scam concocted by this President. Although DOJ has claimed they aren't moving forward with the fund, President Trump refused to disavow it, saying, I love"
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U.S. Capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro: Considerations for Congress
Legal Sidebar · Jan 12, 2026
On January 3, 2026, President Trump announced that the U.S. military had launched strikes across Venezuela that culminated in the capture and arrest of President Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) and his...
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The Philippines: Background and U.S. Relations
Report · Mar 26, 2026
The United States and the Republic of the Philippines have a deep relationship that includes a bilateral security alliance, extensive military cooperation, close people-to-people ties, and many...
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Presidential Pardon of Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking
Legal Sidebar · Dec 8, 2025
On November 28, 2025, President Donald Trump announced on social media that he intended to issue a “full and complete pardon” to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. President Trump...
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Central America: Policy Options Following Expiration of Targeted Sanctions Authority
Resources · Oct 1, 2024
On December 27, 2023, a targeted sanctions authority created by Congress to respond to corruption and democratic backsliding in four Central American countries (Figure 1) expired along with any visa...
Hearing Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new day at the CFPB through reform.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
WARREN, ELIZABETH "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history, not by a little bit, but by a wide margin. The president and his family are enriching themselves by billions of dollars with shady crypto ventures. Pardons are handed out to white-collar"
Hearing The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
DOGGETT, LLOYD "Now, the Republicans say that they are concerned with the President's family's budget, but do nothing about it. Well, Donald Trump seems to be very concerned about his own budget, raked in $2.3 billion in a single year, in what must be the most corrupt presidency of any in American history. The American people can decide what to call a foreign government that's wiring money to the President's family business as the same President sets foreign policy, and his sons are involved in transactions from Venezuela"
Hearing H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital Access Act; H. Con. Res. 113 – Establishing the congressional budget for the...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_21 "They said no to food assistance. They said no to lower gas prices. They said no to ending the president's corruption. But for Donald Trump's foreign war, here we are. And House Republicans are happy to open the"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
HIRONO, MAZIE K. "You see nothing wrong with the president treating DOJ as his own personal law firm to use as a weapon against his perceived enemies and as a way of helping his friends and as a tool to interfere with the upcoming elections. The states run elections in this country, but you want to insert DOJ at every step of the process, suing the states with frivolous claims and sending threatening letters to secretaries of state. You want to suppress the votes of American citizens who will have a chance to resoundingly reject the president's corruption at the ballot box this November. You signed a memo..."
Hearing Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
JACKSON, RONNY "This could have been avoided. President Trump cut all funding, all U.S. funding to UNRWA in 2018, but President Biden restored funding to this corrupt organization almost immediately when he took office. Thankfully, President Trump has taken decisive action to withdraw the U.S. from UNRWA and eliminate all funding to the organization so that American taxpayer dollars are never used to subsidize terrorism"
Hearing “Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE PAMELA BONDI "We are out of time, but may I answer, Chairman? The Biden administration weaponized the Foreign Corruption Practices Act and on February 10th, President Trump issued an executive order pausing that for a DOJ review. Under Deputy Attorney General Blanche's supervision, a comprehensive review was led and the department issued new guidelines protecting all Americans and protecting against the weaponization that happened under the Biden"
Hearing H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027; H.R. 7726 – Stop Child Care...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MCGOVERN, JAMES P. "You know, and I appreciate you're here to talk about fraud, but you only want to talk about the fraud that you want to talk about. And this is happening right now. So I get it. If the president or his family does it, it's not fraudulent or corrupt. None of you will call it out, so don't get me"
Hearing Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
house National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
WATERS, MAXINE "Thank you. Reclaiming my time, I respect what you would like to talk about. You are before this committee now. I'm talking about the President of the United States and what you must do relative to corruption as one of the priorities. And I'm asking, are you going to take up what is necessary to deal with what we know about the President of the United States and his family as one of the corruption measures that you must do? And I'm asking, are you going to take up what is necessary to deal with what we know about the President of the United States and his family as one of the corruption..."
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Prediction Markets and Insider Trading Law
Legal Sidebar · Apr 3, 2026
The past two years have witnessed the dramatic growth of prediction markets—i.e., online platforms that allow users to buy or sell contracts with payoffs tied to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of...
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U.S.-Brazil Trade Relations
Resources · Oct 23, 2020
Overview The United States and Brazil have enjoyed a strong economic relationship for many years. In 2019, Brazil ranked second among the United States’ Latin American trading partners in goods and...
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Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Sanctions: The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
InFocus · Jul 23, 2026
The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Global Magnitsky Act; Title XII, Subtitle F of P.L. 114-328, as amended; 22 U.S.C. §§10101 et seq.) authorizes the President to impose economic...
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The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act: Scope, Implementation, and Considerations for Congress
Reports · Dec 3, 2021
The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, enacted in December 2016, authorizes the President to impose economic sanctions on, and deny entry into the United States to, foreign individuals...
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, John Crews,...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
WARREN, ELIZABETH "That was his promise. Second, Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in history. He is making billions of dollars on his own shady crypto"
Hearing United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First Foreign Policy Through Strategic Diplomacy and Burden Sharing
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY "the president's insistence on outsourcing high-stakes diplomacy to family members and business associates impacts our standing in the world in a profoundly negative way. They impact your ability to effectively do your job as one of our country's top diplomats. Can I of this country first and foremost. Ambassador you don't have to ask. People don't often announce I am corrupt. But we can see it plainly when the president has put billions of dollars in his pockets and the pockets of his associates, of his children, of his friends, of Mr. Whitcoff, of Mr. Kushner. If you can't see it sir, that's..."
Hearing H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DOGGETT, LLOYD "And as I mentioned, the result has been higher cost, lower quality care, loss of hospitals that a community is relying on, and devastation for many nursing homes. But there's something also noteworthy about his presentation today. Republicans, every Republican on this committee has remained 100% silent about the whole concept of the tax-exempt presidency, about the corrupt audit deal that was negotiated between Trump and himself and his criminal defense"
Hearing Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer, Frank J. Bisignano
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SÁNCHEZ, LINDA T. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Bisognano, as you sit before us today, President Trump's understaffed, underfunded, and corrupt IRS is already backing down on its promises. Americans won't see the $1,000 refunds that they were promised. They can no longer use direct file, and they risk having their sensitive data shared illegally with other"
Hearing Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret government spending to light, including S.766, to require an annual report of...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DR. JOSHUA MILLER "And it was an inspector general's office that uncovered nursing homes failing to manage dangerous infections. So when the president fires inspector generals to hide his corruption, the real impact will not be felt here in Washington, D.C. It will be felt by the American"
Hearing Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond
house Ways and Means Committee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SEWELL, TERRI A. "Meanwhile, this committee has done nothing to address the many cases of foreign national illegal funding millions of dollars into GOP super PACs and far-right think tanks like the Heritage Foundation. As we are here today talking about nonprofit organizations, President Trump is continuing to operate the most corrupt White House in our nation's history. My constituents in Alabama continue to face an affordability crisis due to Trump's"
Hearing “Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_29 "That is exactly what we did in this case, as set forth in my final report. I think it weakens the rule of law in our country because it weakens the mechanism for us to prosecute, among other things, corruption. When there is political prosecutions targeting people because they're enemies of the president, the department loses credibility and it can't do its job in all sorts of cases. Well, with respect to presenting the case that we"
Hearing Hearings to examine Arctic Frost.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Mar 24, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
CRUZ, TED "And I'll tell you one of the big differences of Watergate versus Arctic Frost. When Richard Nixon and his corrupt Attorney General and his corrupt administration abused their law enforcement powers to go after their political opponents, Republican senators stood up to the president of their own party and defended the rule of law. Where is even a single Democrat senator who has said one word about this abuse of"
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South Sudan
InFocus · Jul 6, 2026
Peace has been elusive in South Sudan, which, with U.S. support, became the world’s newest country in 2011. The civil war that erupted there in 2013 featured widespread sexual violence, mass...
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Sri Lanka: Background and Issues for Congress
InFocus · May 19, 2026
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a constitutional democracy situated off the southeastern tip of India. A democracy since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, Sri Lanka...
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Peru: Country Overview and U.S. Relations
Resources · Aug 1, 2025
Peru is a geographically and ethnically diverse country encompassing portions of the Amazon Basin, the Andean highlands, and the Pacific coast of South America (Figure 1). In 2001, Peru transitioned...
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"You are worried about a pickpocket, a pickpocket when it comes to grand theft larceny. When it comes to our democracy, you're worried about someone who is doing petty theft while there is the murder of our democratic traditions going on before our eyes. We are in dangerous waters, folks. We are in dangerous waters. We are turning the ideals of justice and this committee into a mockery by letting the least qualified person, a person proven to do Donald Trump and not truth. He is about corruption..."
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"He will never do what's best for the American people. He will only do what's best for Donald Trump. And you cannot leave someone like that as the nation's number one law enforcement official. Not when you have a corrupt president engaged in the most unprecedented, self-enriching schemes we have ever seen. You just can't do it and hope to have anything left of the rule of law. I urge a no vote on this confirmation and I yield"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"You are worried about a pickpocket, a pickpocket when it comes to grand theft larceny. When it comes to our democracy, you're worried about someone who is doing petty theft while there is the murder of our democratic traditions going on before our eyes. We are in dangerous waters, folks. We are in dangerous waters. We are turning the ideals of justice and this committee into a mockery by letting the least qualified person, a person proven to do Donald Trump and not truth. He is about corruption..."
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"He will never do what's best for the American people. He will only do what's best for Donald Trump. And you cannot leave someone like that as the nation's number one law enforcement official. Not when you have a corrupt president engaged in the most unprecedented, self-enriching schemes we have ever seen. You just can't do it and hope to have anything left of the rule of law. I urge a no vote on this confirmation and I yield"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"You are worried about a pickpocket, a pickpocket when it comes to grand theft larceny. When it comes to our democracy, you're worried about someone who is doing petty theft while there is the murder of our democratic traditions going on before our eyes. We are in dangerous waters, folks. We are in dangerous waters. We are turning the ideals of justice and this committee into a mockery by letting the least qualified person, a person proven to do Donald Trump and not truth. He is about corruption..."
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"He will never do what's best for the American people. He will only do what's best for Donald Trump. And you cannot leave someone like that as the nation's number one law enforcement official. Not when you have a corrupt president engaged in the most unprecedented, self-enriching schemes we have ever seen. You just can't do it and hope to have anything left of the rule of law. I urge a no vote on this confirmation and I yield"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"That was his promise. Second, Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in history. He is making billions of dollars on his own shady crypto"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in our nation's history, not by a little bit, but by a wide margin. The president and his family are enriching themselves by billions of dollars with shady crypto ventures. Pardons are handed out to white-collar"
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Now, the Republicans say that they are concerned with the President's family's budget, but do nothing about it. Well, Donald Trump seems to be very concerned about his own budget, raked in $2.3 billion in a single year, in what must be the most corrupt presidency of any in American history. The American people can decide what to call a foreign government that's wiring money to the President's family business as the same President sets foreign policy, and his sons are involved in transactions..."
Testimony WATSON COLEMAN, BONNIE
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Take that minute to say how sick and tired I am of the absurdity of the lies that my Republican colleagues continue to offer. I don't know if it's because my colleagues are afraid of this corrupt president or if they believe in this inhumanity of this country. It is a lie that we are safer. It is a lie that we are protecting people in our country. And it is a lie that our nation is respected on the international"
Testimony HUFFMAN, JARED
• H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendme...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"empty pavilions, C-list entertainment acts. We warned you about this unfolding fiasco in our committee's jurisdiction, and you refused to see it. So today, as we consider a hodgepodge of bills before us, there's still an elephant in the room demanding oversight from the Republican majority that has become a toothless cheerleading squad for a corrupt president. Turning to the bills before us, my personal favorite is a bill to let super wealthy trophy hunters import the remains of about 40..."
Testimony WALKINSHAW, JAMES R.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"That is not draining the swamp. So forgive me if I find it difficult to take seriously lectures about fraud from people who have cheered while the most corrupt president in modern history has dismantled protection after protection against fraud. You don't get to scream fraud on Tuesday after you fired the fraud investigators on"
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Mali
Resources · Dec 17, 2024
Once seen as a rising democracy in Africa, Mali has become an epicenter of conflicts and instability since 2011. A military junta seized power in 2020, Mali’s second coup in nine years. Coups in...
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Impeachment Investigations: Law and Process
Posts · Oct 2, 2019
Speaker Pelosi announced last week that the House “is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.” Although the Speaker’s statement did not address precisely how the House will proceed, it...
Hearing • H.R. 726 (Rep. Downing), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025” • H.R. 2317 (Rep. Amodei), “Northern Nevada Economic...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
HUFFMAN, JARED "empty pavilions, C-list entertainment acts. We warned you about this unfolding fiasco in our committee's jurisdiction, and you refused to see it. So today, as we consider a hodgepodge of bills before us, there's still an elephant in the room demanding oversight from the Republican majority that has become a toothless cheerleading squad for a corrupt president. Turning to the bills before us, my personal favorite is a bill to let super wealthy trophy hunters import the remains of about 40"
Hearing Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capital.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript
WARREN, ELIZABETH "Thank You Mr. Chairman and thank you for holding this hearing. I believe in markets. Fair and transparent markets promote innovation. They power economic growth. They give everyone a chance to thrive. The confidence that investors at home and around the world place in the integrity of our markets is a critical part of why our nation's economy is the envy of the world. But under President Trump the corruption is so massive and so unprecedented that it has fundamentally changed our markets rigging them for the wealthy and the well-connected. Those with money and power get special treatment..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
WARREN, ELIZABETH "party-line vote for Fed chair for the first time ever in our history. You were confirmed by the Senate in the tightest vote for a Fed chair in U.S. history. So you now face an uphill battle to show that you have the independence needed to run America's central bank and to serve American families, and not just President Trump and his billionaire friends. Now, President Trump's corruption and failed economic agenda is raising costs across the board. Inflation has kept real wages from growing for the third consecutive month. That means in the Trump"
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
BROWN, SHONTEL M. "Because there is no shortage of matters that demand our attention, I can share a few that come to mind. This is a president who has turned the White House into an ATM. And in Trump's Washington, the fastest path to a pardon or a position is to donate to Trump's ballroom or inauguration. Last year, the Trump family added billions to its net worth through pay for play schemes and corrupt deals. Last month, the president surged ICE into Minneapolis in an abusive operation that led to American deaths and repeated violations of constitutional rights under the first, fourth, and fifth amendments...."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under...
senate Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
WYDEN, RON "He's a well-documented Trump loyalist. He's been in the Treasury building for over a year and has been serving as Acting Deputy Secretary since April. He was the number two person at the Treasury Department when the Trump administration granted to Donald Trump a settlement for 1.7 billion dollars in a slush fund and actual immunity from tax audits. Anyone nominated to serve as the second-in-command at the Treasury Department ought to be able to give Congress and the American people a straight answer about their involvement in one of the most obscene acts of corrupt self-dealing by a president..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_19 "Todd became an Assistant United States Attorney as the U.S. Attorney Office for South Southern District of New York, a premier prosecutorial office of the United States. He spent roughly two years as the Co-Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit, supervising there nearly two dozen prosecutors, then served as the Co-Chief of the Office's White Plains Division, where he presided over a wide span of work, public corruption, securities, and bank and wire fraud, federal programs, fraud, Medicare fraud, RICO, and violent crime. Today, as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General, Todd energizes..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit,...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_19 "He spent roughly two years as the Co-Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit, supervising there nearly two dozen prosecutors. Then served as the Co-Chief of the Office's White Plains Division, where he presided over a wide span of work, public corruption, securities, and bank and wire fraud, federal programs, fraud, Medicare fraud, RICO, and violent crime. Today as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General, Todd energizes the roughly 115,000 employees from across Maine Justice, the FBI, the DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, and 93 U.S. Attorney's Offices that span the United States...."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability”
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
MORELLE, JOSEPH D. "Why do House Republicans refuse to investigate this egregious violation of federal law? Is it because the corrupt, illegal money flowed through Wynn Redd to President Trump? Let's take another"
Hearing Hybrid Warfare in Europe Against U.S. Interests: Moscow and Beijing’s Playbook
house Europe Subcommittee · Dec 16, 2025 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "Russia has also always used corruption to fuel its political candidates and has used corruption as this tool of political influence. Well, in Moldova, you have President Maya Sandu, who is known to be immune practically to corruption and has a tremendous reputation for being anti-corruption. I think that corruption can be Russia's weapon, but it also can be Russia's Achilles heel because the voters in Moldova, they made the choice, the opposite choice of what Russia"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript
BOOKER, CORY A. "especially when it comes to issues of security and safety that Senator Lujan so eloquently spoke to. I remain deeply concerned also by a lot of issues of corruption we're witnessing. I have a real problem that a president of the United States could issue a coin. That to me just opens up the door to a whole bunch of ethics problems. We're seeing that right now with this White House that's making billions of dollars with foreign nationals investing in that coin. I'm really concerned about how agencies have lost a lot of their independence and are being weaponized to go after political enemies,..."
Hearing “The Censorship-Industrial Complex”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 12, 2025 · Transcript
SCANLON, MARY GAY "The White House has gone on a firing spree to silence the independent watchdogs who've exposed alleged corruption and misconduct by, you guessed it, Mr. Musk and the president. Reporters have been evicted from Pentagon office spaces to make room for right-wing"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
WYDEN, RON "and his cronies can profit. My own take is the way to stop this corruption and chaos is to take unfettered tariff power away from the president. It's well past time to put Congress back in the driver's seat on"
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
DOGGETT, LLOYD "It doesn't prohibit you indicating what you are doing to assure complicity with the law and with the practice, longstanding practice, of the Internal Revenue Service, so I think we can assume from your deception today that nothing is being done, and this president is being treated in a way that no other president, no other American citizen has ever been treated in an incredibly corrupt"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to...
senate Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
BOOKER, CORY A. "I have a litany of things I disagree with Biden and Obama on. Give me one thing that you thought the president of the United States has done that you think is wrong, untoward, corrupt, policy disagreement. One thing for the American"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
BOOKER, CORY A. "I have a litany of things I disagree with Biden and Obama on. Give me one thing that you thought the president of the United States has done that you think is wrong, untoward, corrupt, policy disagreement. One thing for the American"
Hearing Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens and tourists.
senate Constitution Subcommittee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript
SCHMITT, ERIC "His new book, The Constitution of 1789, a new introduction, is forthcoming in June of 2026. And Mr. Peter Schweitzer is an investigative journalist. We're pleased to have him here, a bestselling author and the president of the Government Accountability Institute, a nonprofit research organization focused on public corruption and government accountability. Mr. Schweitzer is the author of five straight number one New York Times bestsellers, including his most recent book, The Invisible Coup, How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a"
Hearing Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, programs, and priorities.
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_02 "law, the relevant agency must move swiftly to implement it, and three out of 180 does not seem to measure up. Most egregiously, in the seven months since the Senate confirmed your nomination, we're seeing what I consider to be the worst politicization of the Corps of Engineers in modern times. Like many other federal agencies, the Corps' permitting process has been corrupted to stymie safe, affordable, renewable energy and to give advantage to the president's big fossil fuel donors. I don't think that's fair, and I don't think that's right. Wielding the permitting authority granted to the..."
Hearing Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY "Okay, I'm clearly not going to get an answer, so I'm going to reclaim my time. I wanted to give you an opportunity there. I think regardless of how important these projects are, taxpayers should not be paying to make members of Congress, to make members of the administration, to make the president or their family richer, nor should taxpayer funding be used to fuel the corruption of any other partner country. So I'll pivot here, Mr. Black, to in December, the DFC announced a letter of interest for an equity investment between Chez Camin, the DRC's state-owned mining company, and another..."
Hearing Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_04 "No, it's certainly not anybody saying that it was honky-dory. Yes, I think with a couple of specifics. We had this transitional presidential council that was set up that was sort of a rotating presidency. Some of the people on it were tied up with gangs. Some of them were very corrupt. They were keeping their position simply so they would have immunity from prosecution. That is not the kind of government that gives anybody any kind of confidence in stabilization or anything"
Hearing Hearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to research.
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript
MARKEY, EDWARD J. "this entire process. But this series actually stands in stark contrast with what we are witnessing from the White House as President Trump hijacks our nation's 250th birthday and turns it into a celebration of himself, and yet another opportunity for self-dealing. Freedom 250, run by the White House and stacked by Trump loyalists, should really be called Corruption 250. Trump's celebration of self-dealing allows corporate donors to write blank birthday checks to the President with no oversight. The $1 million donors are invited to a thank-you reception hosted by President Trump. But 2.5..."
Hearing Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
senate Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee · Apr 15, 2026 · Transcript
VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS "Soccer fans from across the United States and the world are rightly frustrated that they'll find themselves priced out. If soccer is supposed to be accessible to all fans, then this corporate World Cup would fall far short. I will also say FIFA has been rife with corruption over the years and completely discredited itself by inventing the FIFA Peace Prize and presenting it to the president who just threatened to end a civilization. So Mr. Chairman, all that being said, I do look forward to the testimony from the witnesses on the security issues, but also on the concerns I raised, because if..."
Hearing H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
RASKIN, JAMIE "congressional Republicans have blocked our exercise of constitutionally mandated authority to approve or disapprove tariffs. They were silent as the administration illegally impounded congressionally appropriated funds for many programs. They watched with indifference as the president bombed fishing boats in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Iran. They did nothing as the president, his family, and his robber baron friends grifted off the American people through absurd no-bid contracts and corrupt crypto deals. They forked over a whopping 240 billion dollars of our tax dollars for the Department..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, H.R.2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Transcript
DURBIN, RICHARD J. "the World Liberty Financial, continued to partner with this agency. Trevor Milton was convicted of securities fraud, ordered to pay nearly $700 million in restitution to investors. He learned how to escape the $700 million fine when he and his wife donated $1.8 million to President Trump's re-election campaign. President Trump turned around and pardoned him and his wife once he returned to office. Paul Wiederhorn, convicted fraudster, indicted in 2024 for stealing $47 million from his business. Later that year, he sponsored a $100,000 donation to President Trump's inaugural committee. A few..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "military-to-military cooperation with Tanzania. There was a recent election in 2025 that was marred by violence. That election led to the election of a candidate with, I think, a 97 percent vote, which that tells us we ought to be nervous about the state of democracy in Tanzania, but it has been an ally in the past. We want the relationship to be strong. And then finally, Guatemala is a neighbor, a sizable Guatemalan-American population, including in Virginia where I live. The election of President Arevalo a couple of years back was an election that was widely hailed by the population as a..."
Hearing Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international security functions at the State Department.
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026 · Transcript
THOMAS G. DINANNO "Narcotics and Law Enforcement operates a high-value rewards program that offers financial incentives and information bringing major criminals, corrupt officials, and transnational criminal networks to justice. The Counterterrorism Bureau supports Secretary Rubio's designations of foreign terrorist organizations, including terrorist actors and cartels like the Muslim Brotherhood and Trinidad. Since January, when President Trump took office, the Counterterrorism Bureau has designated nearly 30 foreign terrorist organizations, including 15 narco-terrorist cartels. Another significant T-family..."
Hearing “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
RASKIN, JAMIE "to continue competing with Spirit and its ultra-low airfares until skyrocketing prices caused by Trump's disastrous war in Iran caused the airline to collapse. Yet our colleagues have taken the wrong lesson from this story, claiming we need less antitrust enforcement rather than more. This is alarming because under the Trump administration, antitrust enforcement has already been twisted and corrupted beyond recognition. Instead of being a tool to protect competition and innovation and to prevent companies from abusing their market power over consumers and workers, it's become just one more..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
PETER MCCOY "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And that's a fantastic question. And really, I'd like to start with the Thank you, Mr. Chairman. winds that I think are moving in the right direction for Montenegro. With the election of a new president in 2023, the election of a new prime minister in 2023, I think the country is moving in the right direction in terms of wanting to do the right thing. And one of those right things is tackling corruption or tackling issues of crime with inside the country. Mr. Chairman, the law enforcement, I guess, total population that they have in country is roughly 3,300 folks,..."
Hearing Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Bill, Updated Interim Subcommittee Allocations
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 26, 2025 · Transcript
QUIGLEY, MIKE "So I'm not here to tell you that there's not stupidity and corruption on both sides. But if we've learned anything in Chicago and Illinois about corruption, honestly the best way to deal with it is through greater transparency, accountability, and independence of those who would investigate us, as painful as that can be. You look at the history of the United States, Teapot Dome, Watergate, and with all due respect you can strike this language. I think when this president gets in the room with truth, the fight breaks out. But it's not that there's not people on my side of the aisle who have..."
Testimony OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY
United Nations Accountability and Reform: Advancing an America First F...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"the president's insistence on outsourcing high-stakes diplomacy to family members and business associates impacts our standing in the world in a profoundly negative way. They impact your ability to effectively do your job as one of our country's top diplomats. Can I of this country first and foremost. Ambassador you don't have to ask. People don't often announce I am corrupt. But we can see it plainly when the president has put billions of dollars in his pockets and the pockets of his..."
Testimony SPEAKER_21
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"They said no to food assistance. They said no to lower gas prices. They said no to ending the president's corruption. But for Donald Trump's foreign war, here we are. And House Republicans are happy to open the"
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"You see nothing wrong with the president treating DOJ as his own personal law firm to use as a weapon against his perceived enemies and as a way of helping his friends and as a tool to interfere with the upcoming elections. The states run elections in this country, but you want to insert DOJ at every step of the process, suing the states with frivolous claims and sending threatening letters to secretaries of state. You want to suppress the votes of American citizens who will have a chance to..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The chairman talked about his law enforcement record. Let's look at it. The goal is clear, replace these DOJ officials with unqualified mega-loyalists who will rubber stamp President Trump's corruption. Under Mr. Blanche's leadership, more than 16,000 employees have left the"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The chairman talked about his law enforcement record. Let's look at it. The goal is clear, replace these DOJ officials with unqualified mega-loyalists who will rubber stamp President Trump's corruption. Under Mr. Blanche's leadership, more than 16,000 employees have left the"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The chairman talked about his law enforcement record. Let's look at it. The goal is clear, replace these DOJ officials with unqualified mega-loyalists who will rubber stamp President Trump's corruption. Under Mr. Blanche's leadership, more than 16,000 employees have left the"
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine empowering Main Street by unlocking access to capi...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Thank You Mr. Chairman and thank you for holding this hearing. I believe in markets. Fair and transparent markets promote innovation. They power economic growth. They give everyone a chance to thrive. The confidence that investors at home and around the world place in the integrity of our markets is a critical part of why our nation's economy is the envy of the world. But under President Trump the corruption is so massive and so unprecedented that it has fundamentally changed our markets..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congr...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"party-line vote for Fed chair for the first time ever in our history. You were confirmed by the Senate in the tightest vote for a Fed chair in U.S. history. So you now face an uphill battle to show that you have the independence needed to run America's central bank and to serve American families, and not just President Trump and his billionaire friends. Now, President Trump's corruption and failed economic agenda is raising costs across the board. Inflation has kept real wages from growing for..."
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"And as I mentioned, the result has been higher cost, lower quality care, loss of hospitals that a community is relying on, and devastation for many nursing homes. But there's something also noteworthy about his presentation today. Republicans, every Republican on this committee has remained 100% silent about the whole concept of the tax-exempt presidency, about the corrupt audit deal that was negotiated between Trump and himself and his criminal defense"
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"which blocks the use of federal funds to create or finance the Trump-IRS Settlement Slush Fund and imposes new restrictions to prevent taxpayer dollars from being funneled from the Judgment Fund to January 6th insurrectionists. Madam Chair, the Justice Department's recent corrupt settlement with President Trump establishing a $1.8 billion political slush fund in the Department of Justice is another brazen scam concocted by this President. Although DOJ has claimed they aren't moving forward with..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Christopher Phelan, of...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"You will not try to hose out the corruption. Look, the CFPB is currently being used as an arm of President Trump's ongoing corruption, including his corporate pardon"
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"Meanwhile, the Republicans gutted the funding Democrats provided the IRS to go after wealthy taxpayers who can use sophisticated schemes to dodge paying taxes. Furthermore, President Trump just made a corrupt deal with his own DOJ and IRS to ensure that his family, his businesses are immune from IRS audits forever. Just this week, we learned that President Trump made more than $1 billion from crypto since he took office last year, while everyday working families are struggling to pay for higher..."
Testimony BROWN, SHONTEL M.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Because there is no shortage of matters that demand our attention, I can share a few that come to mind. This is a president who has turned the White House into an ATM. And in Trump's Washington, the fastest path to a pardon or a position is to donate to Trump's ballroom or inauguration. Last year, the Trump family added billions to its net worth through pay for play schemes and corrupt deals. Last month, the president surged ICE into Minneapolis in an abusive operation that led to American..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"All right. Thank you. I'm glad to hear that is a priority because most of the FBI and DOJ folks who work on that have been pulled off to do immigration work. But I think it is abundantly clear to anyone who's paying attention that the number one source of fraud, waste, and abuse in our federal government today is the Trump administration, whether it's shady crypto investments, insider trading on the stock market and prediction markets, or massive pay-to-play schemes for pardons and dropped..."
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Vir...
senate Jul 23, 2026
"He's a well-documented Trump loyalist. He's been in the Treasury building for over a year and has been serving as Acting Deputy Secretary since April. He was the number two person at the Treasury Department when the Trump administration granted to Donald Trump a settlement for 1.7 billion dollars in a slush fund and actual immunity from tax audits. Anyone nominated to serve as the second-in-command at the Treasury Department ought to be able to give Congress and the American people a straight..."
Testimony JACKSON, RONNY
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"This could have been avoided. President Trump cut all funding, all U.S. funding to UNRWA in 2018, but President Biden restored funding to this corrupt organization almost immediately when he took office. Thankfully, President Trump has taken decisive action to withdraw the U.S. from UNRWA and eliminate all funding to the organization so that American taxpayer dollars are never used to subsidize terrorism"
Testimony SÁNCHEZ, LINDA T.
Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive O...
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Bisognano, as you sit before us today, President Trump's understaffed, underfunded, and corrupt IRS is already backing down on its promises. Americans won't see the $1,000 refunds that they were promised. They can no longer use direct file, and they risk having their sensitive data shared illegally with other"
Testimony COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"In my view, we never should have gotten to this place. As Acting Attorney General, when asked by the President to do something plainly unethical and corrupt, Mr. Blanch should have simply said no. He did not do that. And I pressed him in his confirmation hearing whether he even tried to talk President Trump out of this widely rejected plan, and he refused to"
Testimony COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"In my view, we never should have gotten to this place. As Acting Attorney General, when asked by the President to do something plainly unethical and corrupt, Mr. Blanch should have simply said no. He did not do that. And I pressed him in his confirmation hearing whether he even tried to talk President Trump out of this widely rejected plan, and he refused to"
Testimony COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"In my view, we never should have gotten to this place. As acting Attorney General, when asked by the President to do something plainly unethical and corrupt, Mr. Blanch should have simply said no. He did not do that. And I pressed him in his confirmation hearing whether he even tried to talk President Trump out of this widely rejected plan, and he refused to"
Testimony SELF, KEITH
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Section 353 of the Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act created what is known as the Engel List. It directs the president to compile an annual list of corrupt and undemocratic actors in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua and to sanction the people on it. But the authority to impose those sanctions expired years"
Testimony DR. JOSHUA MILLER
Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret governm...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"And it was an inspector general's office that uncovered nursing homes failing to manage dangerous infections. So when the president fires inspector generals to hide his corruption, the real impact will not be felt here in Washington, D.C. It will be felt by the American"
Testimony THE HONORABLE PAMELA BONDI
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"We are out of time, but may I answer, Chairman? The Biden administration weaponized the Foreign Corruption Practices Act and on February 10th, President Trump issued an executive order pausing that for a DOJ review. Under Deputy Attorney General Blanche's supervision, a comprehensive review was led and the department issued new guidelines protecting all Americans and protecting against the weaponization that happened under the Biden"
Testimony CROCKETT, JASMINE
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"The president shall not receive any payment except his salary while in office. The fact of the matter is that you will be remembered as one of the worst attorney generals in history, an attorney general who has prioritized obstruction over justice, corruption over the law, fealty to the president over loyalty to the Constitution, and Mr. Chairman, I will yield. Convicted. So what are we talking about? Convict some of these perpetrators that rape these women that are sitting behind you, that you..."
Testimony SPEAKER_19
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenic...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Todd became an Assistant United States Attorney as the U.S. Attorney Office for South Southern District of New York, a premier prosecutorial office of the United States. He spent roughly two years as the Co-Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit, supervising there nearly two dozen prosecutors, then served as the Co-Chief of the Office's White Plains Division, where he presided over a wide span of work, public corruption, securities, and bank and wire fraud, federal programs, fraud, Medicare fraud,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_19
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, o...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"He spent roughly two years as the Co-Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit, supervising there nearly two dozen prosecutors. Then served as the Co-Chief of the Office's White Plains Division, where he presided over a wide span of work, public corruption, securities, and bank and wire fraud, federal programs, fraud, Medicare fraud, RICO, and violent crime. Today as Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General, Todd energizes the roughly 115,000 employees from across Maine Justice, the FBI, the..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing ...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 10, 2026
"Why do House Republicans refuse to investigate this egregious violation of federal law? Is it because the corrupt, illegal money flowed through Wynn Redd to President Trump? Let's take another"
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beij...
house Ways and Means Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Meanwhile, this committee has done nothing to address the many cases of foreign national illegal funding millions of dollars into GOP super PACs and far-right think tanks like the Heritage Foundation. As we are here today talking about nonprofit organizations, President Trump is continuing to operate the most corrupt White House in our nation's history. My constituents in Alabama continue to face an affordability crisis due to Trump's"
Testimony BEYER, DONALD S.
Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beij...
house Ways and Means Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"we possess near universal agreement that foreigners and foreign money should not meddle in our politics. To ignore this overwhelming democratic consensus against foreign meddling is to suppress our democracy. I heartily agree with you. And I think there's a lot to learn from this. And for example, 990 reform, I'd love to be participating in that. We don't want foreigners affecting our elections. But I think it's, I want you to share my horror at the think it's... I want you to share my horror..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"No stock trading ban is complete if it doesn't also include the President of the United States. So in addition to fully banning stock trading in Congress, my amendment also will ban stock trading by the President, the Vice President, and the Supreme Court. Let's root out corruption everywhere. That is what the American people want and deserve for us to do, and I yield"
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Even if Trump and Blanch truly scrap the $1.8 billion fund, the DOJ can still settle the meritless claims brought by January 6th rioters and cut taxpayer-funded checks to rioters who beat police directly from the Judgment Fund, unless Congress enacts guardrails. This amendment expressly prohibits the use of the Judgment Fund to create or finance the slush fund established under Trump's IRS settlement and prohibits the Treasury Secretary from establishing or approving payment to similar future..."
Testimony DR. JOSHUA MILLER
Hearings to examine sunshine week, focusing on bringing secret governm...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"All of these experiences will shape my testimony today. Like many Americans, I'm deeply concerned about the blatant and rampant fraud and corruption we're seeing in the federal government today. This president walked into office focused on dismantling oversight, immediately firing 17 inspector generals, and over 75% of appointed IG roles are still vacant. This was shocking because inspector generals are not just there to track dollars and"
Testimony SPEAKER_12
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"I mean, the corruption is staggering. And now the president wants to sell early access to his market-moving social media posts to those who can afford it. This president and this Republican Party are rotten to the core and corrupt through and through. This is a nice little game they're playing, bringing the stock trading ban to the floor and attaching it to, get this, an unrelated partisan bill to make it harder for American citizens to vote in"
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"This was your response when you were asked what you would say to him. This nation deserves an attorney general who loves the Constitution more than any single president, an attorney general focused on keeping America safe and combating corruption, not satisfying the president's personal grievances or channeling crypto cash to the administration's mega"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Good afternoon, Mr. Blanche. Good afternoon. Our president has a very well-documented history of attempting to corruptly influence government officials to advance his own personal interests. He called the Republican secretary of Georgia asking him to find enough votes to overturn the"
Testimony MCGOVERN, JAMES P.
H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administrati...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"You know, and I appreciate you're here to talk about fraud, but you only want to talk about the fraud that you want to talk about. And this is happening right now. So I get it. If the president or his family does it, it's not fraudulent or corrupt. None of you will call it out, so don't get me"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Hybrid Warfare in Europe Against U.S. Interests: Moscow and Beijing’s ...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Dec 16, 2025
"Russia has also always used corruption to fuel its political candidates and has used corruption as this tool of political influence. Well, in Moldova, you have President Maya Sandu, who is known to be immune practically to corruption and has a tremendous reputation for being anti-corruption. I think that corruption can be Russia's weapon, but it also can be Russia's Achilles heel because the voters in Moldova, they made the choice, the opposite choice of what Russia"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Michael Selig, of Florida, to be...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"especially when it comes to issues of security and safety that Senator Lujan so eloquently spoke to. I remain deeply concerned also by a lot of issues of corruption we're witnessing. I have a real problem that a president of the United States could issue a coin. That to me just opens up the door to a whole bunch of ethics problems. We're seeing that right now with this White House that's making billions of dollars with foreign nationals investing in that coin. I'm really concerned about how..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
“The Censorship-Industrial Complex”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 12, 2025
"The White House has gone on a firing spree to silence the independent watchdogs who've exposed alleged corruption and misconduct by, you guessed it, Mr. Musk and the president. Reporters have been evicted from Pentagon office spaces to make room for right-wing"
Testimony ANSARI, YASSAMIN
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"To make the corruption even more explicit, just after the crypto deal went through, Donald Trump gave his go-ahead for the transfer of hundreds of thousands of advanced chips to the Emiratis, despite the extremely, extremely concerning national security implications. It's perhaps one of the largest and most obvious corruption schemes in U.S. history, implicating a foreign government paying off the president of the United States and the White House to the tune of literally billions of dollars in..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“Oversight of the Department of Justice”
house Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Jason Crow, Chris DiLuzio, and Maggie Goodlander, to name a few, and you snap to it. You replace real prosecutors with counterfeit stooges who robotically do the president's bidding. Nothing in American history comes close to this complete corruption of the justice function and contamination of federal law enforcement. The good news is many serious lawyers at DOJ, including some of your own original employees, have refused your lawless orders. Danielle"
Testimony WYDEN, RON
Hearings to examine the President's 2026 trade policy agenda.
senate Finance Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"and his cronies can profit. My own take is the way to stop this corruption and chaos is to take unfettered tariff power away from the president. It's well past time to put Congress back in the driver's seat on"
Testimony WATERS, MAXINE
Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Thank you. Reclaiming my time, I respect what you would like to talk about. You are before this committee now. I'm talking about the President of the United States and what you must do relative to corruption as one of the priorities. And I'm asking, are you going to take up what is necessary to deal with what we know about the President of the United States and his family as one of the corruption measures that you must do? And I'm asking, are you going to take up what is necessary to deal with..."
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"It doesn't prohibit you indicating what you are doing to assure complicity with the law and with the practice, longstanding practice, of the Internal Revenue Service, so I think we can assume from your deception today that nothing is being done, and this president is being treated in a way that no other president, no other American citizen has ever been treated in an incredibly corrupt"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"I have a litany of things I disagree with Biden and Obama on. Give me one thing that you thought the president of the United States has done that you think is wrong, untoward, corrupt, policy disagreement. One thing for the American"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"I have a litany of things I disagree with Biden and Obama on. Give me one thing that you thought the president of the United States has done that you think is wrong, untoward, corrupt, policy disagreement. One thing for the American"
Testimony SCHMITT, ERIC
Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on birth...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"His new book, The Constitution of 1789, a new introduction, is forthcoming in June of 2026. And Mr. Peter Schweitzer is an investigative journalist. We're pleased to have him here, a bestselling author and the president of the Government Accountability Institute, a nonprofit research organization focused on public corruption and government accountability. Mr. Schweitzer is the author of five straight number one New York Times bestsellers, including his most recent book, The Invisible Coup, How..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2026, focusing ...
senate Environment and Public Works Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"law, the relevant agency must move swiftly to implement it, and three out of 180 does not seem to measure up. Most egregiously, in the seven months since the Senate confirmed your nomination, we're seeing what I consider to be the worst politicization of the Corps of Engineers in modern times. Like many other federal agencies, the Corps' permitting process has been corrupted to stymie safe, affordable, renewable energy and to give advantage to the president's big fossil fuel donors. I don't..."
Testimony OLSZEWSKI, JOHNNY
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Okay, I'm clearly not going to get an answer, so I'm going to reclaim my time. I wanted to give you an opportunity there. I think regardless of how important these projects are, taxpayers should not be paying to make members of Congress, to make members of the administration, to make the president or their family richer, nor should taxpayer funding be used to fuel the corruption of any other partner country. So I'll pivot here, Mr. Black, to in December, the DFC announced a letter of interest..."
Testimony SPEAKER_29
“Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"That is exactly what we did in this case, as set forth in my final report. I think it weakens the rule of law in our country because it weakens the mechanism for us to prosecute, among other things, corruption. When there is political prosecutions targeting people because they're enemies of the president, the department loses credibility and it can't do its job in all sorts of cases. Well, with respect to presenting the case that we"
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Full Committee Hearing with Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive O...
house Ways and Means Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Well, good, I can tell you. Trump and his family will take home $28.5 million times more than the average American family will get back from the IRS this year. This corruption is what we are talking about when we tell the American people that this president is on a power trip to achieve more personal wealth than to help the American people. I also serve as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, and I take that duty very"
Testimony WATERS, MAXINE
Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I ask unanimous consent to submit this list of pardons, of frosters, in his second term to the hearing record. Director Gocki, when the rulemaking for the priorities is completed, will banks be required to look for hallmarks of corruption in their customers and transactions, including those of companies owned and controlled by the President of the United States and his family? Well, thank"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine prescribing sunshine, focusing on how competition ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"We've had presidents that have done things that to me do not pass the smell test and do not pass the appearance of impropriety. I think this committee should pass a law that no children of presidents should be able to grift off their parents office. To me it is ridiculous the corruption that we have normalized in America. That president's children can go out and sit on boards and make"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florid...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"We've had presidents that have done things that to me do not pass the smell test and do not pass the appearance of impropriety. I think this committee should pass a law that no children of presidents should be able to grift off their parents office. To me it is ridiculous the corruption that we have normalized in America. That president's children can go out and sit on boards and make"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Hearings to examine data and profit, focusing on the consumer cost of ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"We've had presidents that have done things that to me do not pass the smell test and do not pass the appearance of impropriety. I think this committee should pass a law that no children of presidents should be able to grift off their parents office. To me it is ridiculous the corruption that we have normalized in America. That president's children can go out and sit on boards and make"
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and th...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"No, it's certainly not anybody saying that it was honky-dory. Yes, I think with a couple of specifics. We had this transitional presidential council that was set up that was sort of a rotating presidency. Some of the people on it were tied up with gangs. Some of them were very corrupt. They were keeping their position simply so they would have immunity from prosecution. That is not the kind of government that gives anybody any kind of confidence in stabilization or anything"
Testimony MCGARVEY, MORGAN
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"monument. This amendment makes sure they won't. We should block this funding. We must demand transparency from Trump or any president on a project like this. I don't expect to rein in all of Donald Trump's corruption in just one amendment. But let's start here by supporting Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I appreciate my colleague's calls for bipartisanship. I would just say this amendment is not about right versus left. This amendment is about right versus"
Testimony SUBRAMANYAM, SUHAS
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"that committee Republicans finally want to talk about fraud and corruption and misuse of federal but let's talk about the fraud in this administration. Let's start with President Trump accepting a $400 million plane as a gift from Qatar, which the President announced he would transfer afterwards to his presidential library, basically to himself. And then the President announced a trillion-dollar economic agreement with Qatar and a security guarantee for them as well, an unprecedented one. Next,..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"He knew he lost, but he threw everything into his big lie, which some people, even in this room to this day, will stand by and swear by. Well, when the big lie wasn't enough to convince officials like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, to commit election fraud and just fine Trump 11,780 votes, when it wasn't enough to convince Trump's DOJ to, quote, just call the election corrupt and leave the rest to me and the House Republicans, when it wasn't enough to force Vice..."
Testimony MARKEY, EDWARD J.
Hearings to examine 250 years of Main Street, focusing on retail to re...
senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"this entire process. But this series actually stands in stark contrast with what we are witnessing from the White House as President Trump hijacks our nation's 250th birthday and turns it into a celebration of himself, and yet another opportunity for self-dealing. Freedom 250, run by the White House and stacked by Trump loyalists, should really be called Corruption 250. Trump's celebration of self-dealing allows corporate donors to write blank birthday checks to the President with no oversight...."
Testimony VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
Joint hearings to examine preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 15, 2026
"Soccer fans from across the United States and the world are rightly frustrated that they'll find themselves priced out. If soccer is supposed to be accessible to all fans, then this corporate World Cup would fall far short. I will also say FIFA has been rife with corruption over the years and completely discredited itself by inventing the FIFA Peace Prize and presenting it to the president who just threatened to end a civilization. So Mr. Chairman, all that being said, I do look forward to the..."
Testimony CRUZ, TED
Hearings to examine Arctic Frost.
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 24, 2026
"And I'll tell you one of the big differences of Watergate versus Arctic Frost. When Richard Nixon and his corrupt Attorney General and his corrupt administration abused their law enforcement powers to go after their political opponents, Republican senators stood up to the president of their own party and defended the rule of law. Where is even a single Democrat senator who has said one word about this abuse of"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"congressional Republicans have blocked our exercise of constitutionally mandated authority to approve or disapprove tariffs. They were silent as the administration illegally impounded congressionally appropriated funds for many programs. They watched with indifference as the president bombed fishing boats in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Iran. They did nothing as the president, his family, and his robber baron friends grifted off the American people through absurd no-bid contracts and corrupt..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"It ranged from $700 to $2,500 each. So if you were a Toyota customer who got scammed out of hundreds of dollars and you were in line to get a refund, and you found out that Toyota sent a million bucks to the president and now Toyota doesn't have to pay you back, you might look at that and think it sounds like corruption. Acting Director Vogt, how many of the enforcement actions and investigations that you dropped were against companies that have donated to President"
Testimony CROCKETT, JASMINE
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jan 7, 2026
"Are you aware as to whether or not any committee in Congress has decided to investigate the fact that we know that he took $50,000 from an undercover officer, and yet we still don't have that money, nor does he have any charges? Oh, okay. All right. So let's get into it. We're living through the most corrupt presidential administration in American history, a $300 million ballroom, a $230 million payout from the Department of Justice because the president got his feelings hurt because he had to..."
Testimony JACOBS, SARA
Various Measures
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"You don't need to, you know, yell at me for that, Mr. Chairman. I am just saying that when a foreign government routes billions of dollars through a business tied to the president's own family two weeks before it gets something it wants from the United States, that is exactly the appearance of corruption this amendment exists to prevent. My amendment would prevent diplomatic notes, clearances, official advocacy letters, and state-run working groups from advancing foreign deals where the..."
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"administration is the most corrupt administration in recent history. I've amended my statement. I've removed the word recent. I mean, it is so obvious to me that the corruption is blatant. It's just, I mean, the pardoning of people guilty of Medicare fraud, the sweetheart deals his family is making to enrich themselves. He's gotten richer by billions of dollars since he became president. I mean, like, I don't understand, like, why there is a tolerance for this kind of behavior when I can't..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider S.545, to prohibit certain uses of xylazi...
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 19, 2026
"the World Liberty Financial, continued to partner with this agency. Trevor Milton was convicted of securities fraud, ordered to pay nearly $700 million in restitution to investors. He learned how to escape the $700 million fine when he and his wife donated $1.8 million to President Trump's re-election campaign. President Trump turned around and pardoned him and his wife once he returned to office. Paul Wiederhorn, convicted fraudster, indicted in 2024 for stealing $47 million from his business...."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine the nomination of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, ...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"military-to-military cooperation with Tanzania. There was a recent election in 2025 that was marred by violence. That election led to the election of a candidate with, I think, a 97 percent vote, which that tells us we ought to be nervous about the state of democracy in Tanzania, but it has been an ally in the past. We want the relationship to be strong. And then finally, Guatemala is a neighbor, a sizable Guatemalan-American population, including in Virginia where I live. The election of..."
Testimony SCOTT, AUSTIN
H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administrati...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"So Donald Trump's the President of the United States because the American citizens put him in the White House for a second time. He is the President of the United States after all of what y'all did to him, going all the way back to previous administrations where the FBI was spying on his campaign and all of the corrupt DAs and everything and all of the charges y'all strumped up against him. The President of the United States is Donald J. Trump with a record number of Electoral College"
Testimony LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
H.R. 8646 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administrati...
house Rules Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"that does not allow the IRS to engage in audits and the other matters, whether that is at all related to this case. So there are two problems with what happened in that court, was one there was collusion and corruption, and then a slush fund, and then something that I, that Ways and Means should care about, which is we are not going to let the IRS engage in basic audits of the president, his family, and their businesses. And that wasn't even related to even the allegations in the case. I would..."
Testimony THOMAS G. DINANNO
Hearings to examine arms control and transforming international securi...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Mar 24, 2026
"Narcotics and Law Enforcement operates a high-value rewards program that offers financial incentives and information bringing major criminals, corrupt officials, and transnational criminal networks to justice. The Counterterrorism Bureau supports Secretary Rubio's designations of foreign terrorist organizations, including terrorist actors and cartels like the Muslim Brotherhood and Trinidad. Since January, when President Trump took office, the Counterterrorism Bureau has designated nearly 30..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"to continue competing with Spirit and its ultra-low airfares until skyrocketing prices caused by Trump's disastrous war in Iran caused the airline to collapse. Yet our colleagues have taken the wrong lesson from this story, claiming we need less antitrust enforcement rather than more. This is alarming because under the Trump administration, antitrust enforcement has already been twisted and corrupted beyond recognition. Instead of being a tool to protect competition and innovation and to..."
Testimony PETER MCCOY
Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And that's a fantastic question. And really, I'd like to start with the Thank you, Mr. Chairman. winds that I think are moving in the right direction for Montenegro. With the election of a new president in 2023, the election of a new prime minister in 2023, I think the country is moving in the right direction in terms of wanting to do the right thing. And one of those right things is tackling corruption or tackling issues of crime with inside the country. Mr. Chairman,..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Hearings to examine Arctic Frost.
senate Judiciary Committee · Mar 24, 2026
"Several of the fired agents were reportedly part of a global counterintelligence squad which Senator Whitehouse has referred to particularly appropriate at a time we are at war with Iran. In other words, Director Patel's political retribution has weakened the FBI's ability to counter Iranian threats at the exact time that not only America but certainly the men and women in uniform needed them to keep themselves safe. Watergate is the story of a president who engaged in a vast illegal conspiracy..."
Testimony WARREN, ELIZABETH
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annu...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"like Super Sales Day at Macy's, reportedly with a $2 million price tag per pardon. Trump allies fork over millions of dollars for the president's gold-encrusted ballroom or one of his other vanity projects, and then those allies get a regulatory favor or a big government contract or both. Trump and his cronies get rich, and hardworking middle-class families pick up the tab. One clear example of how families pay for Trump's corruption is over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the..."
Testimony QUIGLEY, MIKE
Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Bill, Updated Interim Subcommittee...
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 26, 2025
"So I'm not here to tell you that there's not stupidity and corruption on both sides. But if we've learned anything in Chicago and Illinois about corruption, honestly the best way to deal with it is through greater transparency, accountability, and independence of those who would investigate us, as painful as that can be. You look at the history of the United States, Teapot Dome, Watergate, and with all due respect you can strike this language. I think when this president gets in the room with..."