During House floor remarks on Tuesday, George Latimer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump recently accepting a $400 million jet from Qatar.
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00:00Does the gentleman from New York seek recognition?
00:03Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to address the House in one minute and to revise and extend my remarks.
00:09Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
00:12Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:15Yesterday, the New York Post editorial board wrote about President Trump's plans to accept a free gift from Qatar of a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jet.
00:26The New York Post said, quote, what is President Trump thinking?
00:31He's bragging of winning a $400 million gift, a palace in the sky from Qatar, that in effect he will eventually own personally.
00:40Quote, sorry, this gift is far from free.
00:44Qatar will surely expect something in return.
00:47Quote, and the optics are beyond awful, especially as Congress molds hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts.
00:53The New York Post continues, that not only looks bad, it creates all kinds of conflicts of interest and runs smack into the Constitution's emolument clause, which prohibits foreign gifts.
01:06The Post editorial closes, quote, but given all the foreign investments in conflicts of interest and now a $400 million plane, they seem designed to benefit the president more than anything.
01:17This, from the New York Post editorial board, I couldn't have said it better myself.
01:24Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
01:25I yield back.