CORRUPTION

On 2026-09-30, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) delivered a floor speech titled "CORRUPTION" in the Senate.

CORRUPTION

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 155 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S5300] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CORRUPTION Mr. SCHUMER. 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. ____________________