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On the recordOctober 21, 2025
First of all, I commend you for holding the floor to raise issues of such concern to the American people. I want to focus my question on the corruption of the Trump regime. This corruption is rampant and unending, from making untold sums off meme coins to the latest outrage, demanding that the Department of Justice pay him more than $200 million. That is taxpayers' money that he wants to get his hands on. We have a President putting his financial interests before the best interests of the American people. This is the classic Trump playbook: using the power of his office to make a profit at the expense of the American people and as a distraction from the chaos and cruelty that he is sowing every single day. It is classic authoritarianism, using the tools of government to enrich himself, reward his friends, and punish his enemies. So I am asking my colleague: What kind of threat does this blatant corruption pose to our democracy, our institutions, and on the American people?
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Addressing concerns about corruption during the Trump administration.

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