can you commit that the GSA will conduct a legal review of the Emoluments Clauses as they pertain to the Trump DC Hotel?

to more completely address the report's findings and detail how the GSA would correct the deficiencies.

the President of the United States is an elected official of the Government.

This oversight should not be a partisan issue.

members of this subcommittee have concerns about GSA's actions in response to congressional oversight requests.

no elected official of the Government of the United States shall be admitted to any share or part of this lease

GSA officials have turned a blind eye to these legal and ethical issues.

the government lease for Trump's D.C. hotel explicitly states that the tenant may not use the premises to violate federal law 'for any purpose or in any way.'

the GSA's Office of Inspector General released a report on how the agency had handled the lease.

I would like to remind GSA that they are a federal agency and not an arm of the Trump Organization.

I found that astounding.

How can we know that taxpayers' investments are being protected if we can't examine the financial records of the hotel?

This hearing is focused on the Old Post Office Building lease and the GSA's failure to properly account for the Emoluments provisions.

We also heard from the GSA and the IG that it used to be a best practice--that is their word--a best practice of the GSA to put something in the lease like section 37.19 that prohibits Members of Congress or elected officials or members of…

the GSA recognized that the President's business interest in the Old Post Office lease raised issues under the Constitution's Emoluments Clause that might cause a breach of lease.

It is shameful, and yet it is what we have come to expect from an executive branch that continues to stonewall Congress.

the role of the legislature holding the executive branch accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards

the federal government owns the building that houses President Trump's D.C. hotel.