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On the recordNovember 29, 2023
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Utah. I couldn't think of a better person to serve as vice chair. Mr. Speaker, the Democrat from Maryland, who is also the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, is claiming hypocrisy when talking about Hunter Biden not being asked to testify publicly, but rather to testify behind closed doors. If you want to talk about hypocrisy, the ranking member should find a mirror because when the Democrats were in the majority and they wanted President Trump and his American allies to testify, they wanted to have them testify behind closed doors. To be honest, I don't think Hunter Biden wants to testify publicly because he is going to have to explain quite a bit. First of all, what business were you in? What product or service did you provide or sell? I think he would also have to explain why he got $24 million, and counting, from sleazy foreign businessmen, oligarchs, and corrupt politicians. He will have to explain why Yelena Baturina, who was married to Yuri Luzhkov, who has now passed away and was the mayor of Moscow--he was described by Michael McFaul, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia under Barack Obama, as the poster child of corruption. Yelena Baturina gave Hunter Biden, Joe's son, $3.5 million. Then, interestingly enough, a few months later had dinner with Joe Biden, the then sitting Vice President.…
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Pat Fallon
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