Corruption

The Senate discussed the topic of corruption. Senator Schumer, speaking for Senate Democrats, said that President Trump and his family have made billions of dollars from the presidency, citing charges to taxpayers for a private jet, buildings, and deals benefiting friends and family, and said Senate Republicans have supported these efforts. He said Democrats want to pass legislation aimed at stopping corruption and making government work for ordinary people. No statements from other senators were included in this record.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Charles E. Schumer, NY

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“Donald Trump and his family have made billions of dollars off the presidency, helped by Senate Republicans. He is charging taxpayers for his private jet, fancy buildings, and deals that help his friends and family. Democrats want to pass laws to stop this corruption and make government work for regular people.”
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Mr. President, on corruption, Senate Democrats have also been unrelenting in exposing Trump’s unprecedented corruption. Senate Republicans have aided and abetted Trump’s efforts to rob the American people and enrich himself every step of the way. The Trump family has profited $4 billion off the Presidency in the past 2 years. Trump couldn’t have done it without the Senate GOP stroking his ego and lining his pockets. The list of Trump’s scams and taxpayer-funded vanity projects is truly egregious. Billions of dollars in upgrades to Trump’s $400 million foreign luxury jet, Trump’s gaudy triumphal arch and his billion-dollar ballroom, his recent propaganda ad, sweetheart deals for his sons’ companies from foreign governments, his $2 billion MAGA slush fund to funnel American taxpayers’ money to himself, his billionaire friends, and January 6 insurrectionists--the list, unfortunately, goes on and on and on, and Trump charged it all to the American taxpayer. Senate Democrats have laid Trump’s grifting bare for the whole world to see. Now, everyone knows that this is the most corrupt administration in American history. Americans are already drowning in higher costs; they shouldn’t have to pay for Trump’s corruption too. Democrats are ready to actually drain the swamp--to really do it--to root out corruption and ensure government works for the people, not special interests.

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