James P. McGovern

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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe Republicans would dare raise the issue of fraud or say that somehow Democrats aren't doing enough to combat fraud when the fraud that we all know exists is sitting right in the Oval Office. This President has pardoned enough people that cumulatively would have contributed $2 billion back to consumers and taxpayers who they ripped off. He pardoned all of them. How did they get pardoned? They paid to get pardoned. That is the way this place works around here. We have seen this pay-to-play game going on which is disgusting. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you some of the people who have been pardoned, these fraudsters who have been pardoned: George Santos, wire fraud; Ross William Ulbricht, pardoned for fraud with identification documents. Rod Blagojevich was pardoned. He had eight counts of wire fraud under color of official right. Brian Kelsey was pardoned. He was basically convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Devon Archer, another fraudster, conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Trevor Milton, securities fraud, two counts of wire fraud. Jason Galanis, two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, investment adviser fraud. Carlos Roy Watson, cofounder of Ozy Media, Inc., conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, pardoned. Michele Fiore, six counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, guilty of wire fraud. She was pardoned. Another fraudster, Scott Howard Jenkins, conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest services wire fraud, honest services mail fraud, three counts of honest services wire fraud, pardoned. Julie Chrisley, five counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue laws. Todd Chrisley was pardoned on conspiracy to commit five counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the internal revenue laws. Lawrence S. Duran: Conspiracy to commit 11 counts of healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to receive and pay healthcare kickbacks. Again, pardoned by Donald Trump. I have pages here, and I am happy to walk them over to the gentlewoman so she can see for herself. How do you defend this when you go home to your district? How do you defend this to people who are right now struggling to pay grocery bills and to say, hey, all these rich people, all these fraudsters, got pardoned by the President of the United States. What is the Republican response? Nothing. Not a peep. Not a word. You don't say anything. Don't lecture us on fraud. You have no standing. What is going on right now with the pardoning of these people is disgusting. I don't know how many of you saw ``60 Minutes'' the other night. They did a big piece on the pay-to-play schemes that are going on, where 9 to 10 of the people who are being pardoned don't even go to the Justice Department. They make a side deal. They donate to this cause or that cause, or they make a big political contribution, and guess what. They get pardoned. They get pardoned. I am sorry. People are sick of the Mar-a-Lago class living by one set of rules and everybody else by a different set of rules. It is time to restore some integrity in our government. You want to get serious about fraud, then you have to focus on fraud that is going on in the Oval Office. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.