Anthony D'Esposito: “First, I recognize some of the comments from my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman) when he asked what…”

“First, I recognize some of the comments from my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman) when he asked what has changed. What has changed is that there are an additional 13 charges in an indictment with a campaign treasurer pleading guilty. What has changed is that when we had discussed this back in May, when he cosponsored that legislation, I made it very clear that I was in support of it, but I also know how to count and realized that we did not have two-thirds of the House. Perhaps we won't this evening. What I do know is that the Ethics Committee has been working hard, as they issued a memo, as I referred to a few minutes ago, reviewing over 170,000 pages of documents, interviewing 40 witnesses, and issuing subpoenas. Things have changed. I find it very hard to take advice about serving constituents, Mr. Speaker, from a gentleman who has outright supported a rogue DA like Alvin Bragg in New York City, who has turned one of the greatest cities in this country into an outright disaster. Just ask your constituents. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lawler).”