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On the recordDecember 12, 2019
We could go, I guess, all day on this. But the fact is, let me say, with that letter, the gentleman says 1 week. The fact of the matter is this President has been defying Congress for years in terms of giving it information it constitutionally had the right to have. He has not responded. In fact, we have gone to court, and we have won every case. It is not like the court said: Oh, well, they have the right to do this; they can talk back and forth for days, years, and months. The court said: No, they are entitled to that information. Don't send me a letter; send me the information I request. For my friend to pretend that that was just 1 week's delay--it has been years of delay to responding to information requested legitimately by the Congress of the United States. After months of going to the court, the courts have come to a conclusion over and over and over again that the Congress is entitled to that information. Two courts have now decided that we are entitled to his tax information and to his financial information. We haven't gotten it. Why? Because he appeals again. Why? Because that is his modus operandi, as I said. He did it in the private sector, and he is doing it in the public sector.…
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Steny Hoyer
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