September 15, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5733 Senator DURBIN has helped me on a gal activities. It also reveals a web of con- existing or future partnerships, will remain a number of occasions with things that tractual entanglements that could not be reality throughout a presidency. he could help with regarding Krysta. just canceled. If Trump moves into the White Moreover, the identity of every partner cannot be discovered if Trump reverses He has been so thoughtful about mak- House and his family continues to receive any benefit from the company, during or course and decided to release his taxes. The ing things work out. even after his presidency, almost every for- partnerships are struck with some of the So I am happy for Krysta. I am happy eign policy decision he makes will raise seri- more than 500 entities disclosed in Trump’s for Trevor. She is going to have a little ous conflicts of interest and ethical quag- financial disclosure forms; each of those en- girl. My hope is that that little girl mires. tities has its own records that would have to be revealed for a full accounting of all of will turn out to be just like her mom— THE MUMBAI SHUFFLE Trump’s foreign entanglements to be made a person everybody loves, a person who is not like the public. is dependable and trustworthy, and a Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, The problem of overseas conflicts emerges person whose friendship is so impor- the charitable enterprise that has been the from the nature of Trump’s business in re- tant to those she knows. subject of intense scrutiny about possible cent years. Much of the public believes My friendship with Krysta is not conflicts for the Democratic presidential Trump is a hugely successful developer, a going to end when I leave the Senate. nominee. There are allegations that Hillary television personality and a failed casino op- Clinton bestowed benefits on contributors to erator. But his primary business deals for al- It is forever. the foundation in some sort of ‘‘pay to play’’ most a decade have been a quite different en- So thank you, Krysta, for a job well scandal when she was secretary of state, but deavor. The GOP nominee is essentially a li- done. I wish you and your family the that makes no sense because there was no censor who leverages his celebrity into best that life has to offer. ‘‘pay.’’ Money contributed to the foundation streams of cash from partners from all over Now back to some other things. I am was publicly disclosed and went to charitable the world. The business model for Trump’s sorry to have taken so long, but that is efforts, such as fighting neglected tropical company started to change around 2007, after sometimes the way things are. diseases that infect as many as a billion peo- he became the star of NBC’s The Apprentice, ple. The financials audited by which boosted his national and international f PricewaterhouseCoopers, the global inde- fame. Rather than constructing Trump’s own pendent accounting company, and the foun- hotels, office towers and other buildings, dation’s tax filings show that about 90 per- much of his business involved striking deals Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am very cent of the money it raised went to its chari- with overseas developers who pay his com- concerned about the integrity and the table programs. (Trump surrogates have pany for the right to slap his name on their security of our democracy in America. falsely claimed that it was only 10 percent buildings. (The last building constructed by Trump with his name on it is the Trump- The United States is a nation that and that the rest was used as a Clinton ‘‘slush fund.’’) No member of the Clinton SoHo hotel and condominium project, com- has always been and must always be family received any cash from the founda- pleted in 2007.) In public statements, Trump governed by its people. tion, nor did it finance any political cam- and his son Donald Trump Jr. have cele- Later on today, I am going to see paigns. In fact, like the Clintons, almost the brated their company’s international brand- Ambassador Baucus. He is someone entire board of directors works for free. ing business and announced their intentions who has always talked about how we On the other hand, the rakes to expand it. ‘‘The opportunities for growth have to make sure the people deter- in untold millions of dollars from the Trump are endless, and I look forward to building Organization every year. Much of that comes upon the tremendous success we have en- mine what we do. America must never joyed,’’ Donald Trump Jr. said in 2013. be subject to undue influence from for- from deals with international financiers and developers, many of whom have been tied to Trump Jr. has cited prospects in Russia, eign powers. Potential conflicts of in- controversial and even illegal activities. Ukraine, Vietnam, Thailand, Argentina and terest involving our Nation’s elected None of Trump’s overseas contractual busi- other countries. officials deserve our highest scrutiny. ness relationships examined by Newsweek The idea of selling the Trump brand name That is why I found yesterday’s article were revealed in his campaign’s financial fil- to overseas developers emerged as a small ings with the Federal Election Commission, piece of the company’s business in the late by Kurt Eichenwald in Newsweek real- 1990s. At that time, two executives from ly frightening. I ask unanimous con- nor was the amount paid to him by his for- eign partners. (The Trump campaign did not Daewoo Engineering and Construction met sent that the article be printed in the with Trump at his Manhattan offices to pro- respond to a request for the names of all for- RECORD. pose paying him for the right to use his eign entities in partnership or contractually name on a new complex under development, There being no objection, the mate- tied to the Trump Organization.) Trump’s fi- according to former executives from the rial was ordered to be printed in the nancial filings also indicate he is a share- South Korean company. Daewoo had already RECORD, as follows: holder or beneficiary of several overseas en- worked with the Trump Organization to tities, including Excel Venture LLC in the [From Newsweek, Sept. 14, 2016] build the , which is close French West Indies and Caribusiness Invest- HOW THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION’S FOREIGN to the Manhattan headquarters of the United ments SRL, based in the Dominican Repub- BUSINESS TIES COULD UPEND U.S. NATIONAL Nations. The former Daewoo executives said lic, one of the world’s tax havens. SECURITY Trump was at first skeptical, but in 1999 con- Trump’s business conflicts with America’s struction began on the South Korean version (By Kurt Eichenwald) national security interests cannot be re- of Trump World, six condominium properties If Donald Trump is elected president, will solved so long as he or any member of his in Seoul and two neighboring cities. Accord- he and his family permanently sever all con- family maintains a financial interest in the ing to the two former executives, the Trump nections to the Trump Organization, a Trump Organization during a Trump admin- Organization received an annual fee of ap- sprawling business empire that has spread a istration, or even if they leave open the pos- proximately $8 million a year. secretive financial web across the world? Or sibility of returning to the company later. Shortly after the deal was signed, the par- will Trump instead choose to be the most The Trump Organization cannot be placed ent company of Daewoo Engineering and conflicted president in American history, into a blind trust, an arrangement used by Construction, the Daewoo Group, collapsed one whose business interests will constantly many politicians to prevent them from into bankruptcy amid allegations of what jeopardize the security of the United States? knowing their financial interests; the Trump proved to be a $43 billion accounting fraud. Throughout this campaign, the Trump Or- family is already aware of who their overseas The chairman of the Daewoo Group, Kim ganization, which pumps potentially hun- partners are and could easily learn about Woo Choong, fled to North Korea; he re- dreds of millions of dollars into the Trump any new ones. turned in 2005, was arrested and convicted of family’s bank accounts each year, has been Many foreign governments retain close ties embezzlement and sentenced to 10 years in largely ignored. As a private enterprise, its to and even control of companies in their prison. According to the two former Daewoo businesses, partners and investors are hidden county, including several that already are executives, a reorganization of Daewoo after from public view, even though they are the partnered with the Trump Organization. Any its bankruptcy required revisions in the very people who could be enriched by—or government wanting to seek future influence Trump contract, but the Trump Organiza- will further enrich—Trump and his family if with President Trump could do so by arrang- tion still remains allied with Daewoo Engi- he wins the presidency. ing for a partnership with the Trump Organi- neering and Construction. A close examination by Newsweek of the zation, feeding money directly to the family This relationship puts Trump’s foreign Trump Organization, including confidential or simply stashing it away inside the com- policies in conflict with his financial inter- interviews with business executives and pany for their use once Trump is out of the ests. Earlier this year, he said South Korea some of its international partners, reveals an . This is why, without a perma- should plan to shoulder its own military de- enterprise with deep ties to global fin- nent departure of the entire Trump family fense rather than relying on the United anciers, foreign politicians and even crimi- from their company, the prospect of legal States, including the development of nuclear nals, although there is no evidence the bribery by overseas powers seeking to influ- weapons. (He later denied making that state- Trump Organization has engaged in any ille- ence American foreign policy, either through ment, which was video-recorded.) One of the

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In June, Erdogan called for the Trump. with a prominent Indian politician— Trump name to be removed from the com- In India, the conflicts between the inter- Sudhanashu Mittal, then the leader of the plex in Istanbul and said presiding over its ests of the Trump Organization and Amer- Bharatiya Janata Party, India’s second larg- dedication had been a mistake. ican foreign policy are starker. Trump est political party—who was suspected in This is no minor skirmish: American-Turk- signed an agreement in 2011 with an Indian playing a role in rerouting money earned ish relations are one of the most important property developer called Rohan Lifescapes from Commonwealth Games contracts national security issues for the United that wanted to construct a 65-story building through tax havens into Ireo’s real estate States. Turkey is among the few Muslim with his name on it. Leading the talks for projects. A senior official with Ireo, Tulsi is countries allied with America in the fight Rohan was Kalpesh Mehta, a director of the a relative of Mittal’s. No charges were ever against the Islamic State militant group; it company who would later become the exclu- brought in the case, but the investigation carries even greater importance because it is sive representative of Trump’s businesses in did reveal the close political ties between a a Sunni-majority nation aiding the U.S. India. However, government regulatory hur- prominent Indian political party and a com- military against the Sunni extremists. Tur- dles soon impeded the project. According to pany that is now a Trump partner key has allowed the U.S. Air Force to use a a former Trump official who spoke on condi- No doubt, few Indian political groups hop- base as a major staging area for bombing and tion of anonymity, Donald Trump Jr. flew to ing to establish close ties to a possible future surveillance missions against ISIS. A Trump India to plead with Prithviraj Chavan, chief American president could have missed the presidency, according to the Arab financier minister of Maharashtra, a state in Western recent statements from the Trump family in direct contact with senior Turkish offi- India, asking that he remove the hurdles, that its company wanted to do more deals in cials, would place that cooperation at risk, but the powerful politician refused to make their country. As the Republican National particularly since Erdogan, who is said to de- an exception for the Trump Organization. It Convention was about to get underway in spise Trump, has grasped more power fol- would be extremely difficult for a foreign July, the Trump Organization declared it lowing a thwarted coup d’e´tat in July. politician to make that call if he were speak- was planning a massive expansion in the In other words, Trump would be in direct ing to the son of the president of the United South Asian country. ‘‘We are very bullish financial and political conflict with Turkey States. on India and plan to build a pan-India devel- from the moment he was sworn into office. The Mumbai deal with Rohan fell apart in opment footprint for Trump-branded residen- Once again, all his dealings with Turkey 2013, but a new branding deal ( tial and office projects,’’ Donald Trump Jr. would be suspect: Would Trump act in the in- Mumbai) was struck with the Lodha Group, told the Hindustan Times. ‘‘We have a very terests of the United States or his wallet? a major Indian developer. By that time, aggressive pipeline in the north and east, When faced with the prospect of losing the Trump had an Indian project underway in and look forward to the announcement of millions of dollars that flow into the Trump the city of Pune with a large developer several exciting new projects in the months Organization each year from that Istanbul called Panchshil Realty that agreed to pay ahead.’’ property, what position would President millions for use of the Trump brand on two That is a chilling example of the many Trump take on the important issues involv- 22-floor towers. His new partner, Atul looming conflicts of interest in a Trump ing Turkish-American relations, including Chordia of Panchshil, appeared awed in pub- presidency. If he plays tough with India, will that country’s role in the fight against ISIS? lic statements about his association with the the government assume it has to clear the Another conundrum: Turkey is at war with famous Trump name and feted Trump with a way for projects in that ‘‘aggressive pipe- the Kurds, America’s allies in the fight special dinner attended by actors, industri- line’’ and kill the investigations involving against ISIS in Syria. Kurdish insurgent alists, socialites and even a former Miss Uni- Trump’s Pune partners? And if Trump takes groups are in armed conflict with Turkey, verse. a hard line with Pakistan, will it be for demanding an independent Kurdistan. If Tur- Last month, scandal erupted over the de- America’s strategic interests or to appease key cuts off the Trump Organization’s cash velopment, called , after Indian government officials who might jeop- flow from Istanbul, will Trump, who has the state government and local police start- ardize his profits from Trump Towers Pune? shown many times how petty and impulsive ed looking into discrepancies in the land Branding Wars in the Middle EastTrump al- he can be, allow that to influence how the records suggesting that the land on which ready has financial conflicts in much of the U.S. juggles the interests of these two crit- the building was constructed may not have Islamic world, a problem made worse by his ical allies? been legally obtained by Panchshil. The In- anti-Muslim rhetoric and his impulsive deci- Similar disturbing problems exist with the dian company says no rules or laws were bro- sions during this campaign. One of his most United Arab Emirates (UAE), another Mus- ken, but if government officials conclude troubling entanglements is in Turkey. In lim nation that is an important American otherwise, the project’s future will be in 2008, the Trump Organization struck a brand- ally. Trump has pursued business opportuni- jeopardy—and create a problem that Indian ing deal with the Dogan Group, named for its ties in the oil-rich nation for years, with politicians eager to please an American owners, one of the most politically influen- mixed success. His first venture was in 2005, president might have to resolve. tial families in Turkey. Trump and Dogan when the Trump Organization struck a Through the Pune deal, the Trump Organi- first agreed that the Turkish company would branding deal with a top Emirates developer zation has developed close ties to India’s Na- pay a fee to put the Trump name on two tow- called Nakheel LLC, backed by Dubai’s royal tionalist Congress Party—a centrist political ers in Istanbul. family, that planned to build a tulip-shaped organization that stands for democratic sec- When the complex opened in 2012, Trump hotel on a man-made island designed to look ularism and is led by Sharad Pawar, an ally attended the ribbon-cutting and declared his like a palm tree.In 2008, a bribery and cor- of the Chordia family that owns Panchshil— interest in more collaborations with Turkish ruption probe was launched involving the but that would be of little help in this inves- businesses and in making significant invest- company’s multibillion-dollar Dubai Water- tigation. Political power in India rests large- ments there. In a sign of the political clout front project. Two Nakheel executives were ly with the Indian National Congress, a na- of the Dogan family, Turkish President charged with fraud and cleared, but tionalist party that has controlled the cen- Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Trump and Nakheel’s financial condition deteriorated tral government for almost 50 years. (How- even presided over the opening ceremonies amid a collapse in real estate prices; the ever, Trump is very popular with the Hindu for the Trump-branded property. Trump project was delayed and then can- Sena, a far-right radical nationalist group However, the Dogans have fallen out of celed. So, in 2013, the Trump Organization that sees his anti-Muslim stance as a sign he favor, and once again, a Trump partner is struck another branding deal, this time with would take an aggressive stand against Paki- caught up in allegations of criminal and un- Nakheel’s archrival, Damac Properties, a di- stan. When Trump turned 70 in June, mem- ethical activity. In March, an Istanbul court vision of the Damac Group, that wanted the bers of that organization threw a birthday indicted Aydin Dogan, owner and head of the Trump name on a planned 18–hole PGA party for the man they called ‘‘the savior of Dogan Group, on charges he engaged in a Championship golf course. The deal was ne- humanity.’’) fuel-smuggling scheme. Dogan has pro- gotiated by Hussain Ali Sajwani, chairman Even as Trump was on the campaign trail, claimed his innocence; prosecutors are seek- of Damac, who had engaged in controversial the Trump Organization struck another deal ing a prison sentence of more than 24 years. land deals with senior government officials in India that drew the Republican nominee According to an Arab financier with strong in the UAE. He met personally with Trump closer to another political group there. In ties to Turkish political leaders, government about the project, and their relationship April, the company inked an agreement with connections with the Dogan family grew grew, ultimately leading to Damac working Ireo, a private real estate equity business even more strained in May, when a consor- with the Trump Organization on two branded based in the Indian city of Gurgaon. The tium of news reporters released what are golf courses and a collection of villas in company, which has more than 500 investors known as the Panama Papers, which exposed Dubai. According to the former executive in the fund that will be paying the Trump corporations, politicians and other individ- with the Trump Organization, Trump has Organization, is headed by Madhukar Tulsi, uals worldwide who evaded taxes through said he personally invested in some of the a prominent real estate executive in India. offshore accounts. One of the names revealed Dubai projects.

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In 2006, Donald Trump instantaneous: There were calls to boycott wealth fund called the Libyan Investment Jr. and met with Viktor the Damac-Trump properties. Damac put out Authority. The following year, Trump of- Tkachuk, an adviser to the Ukrainian presi- a statement essentially saying its deal with fered to lease his estate in Westchester dent, and Andriy Zaika, head of the Ukrain- the Trump Organization had nothing to do County, , to Qaddafi; he took ian Construction Consortium. The potential with Donald Trump personally, a claim that Qaddaff’s money but, after local protests, financial conflicts here for a President fooled no one. On December 10, Damac re- forbade him from staying at his property. Trump are enormous. Moreover, Trump’s pri- moved Trump’s image and name from its (Trump kept the cash.) ‘‘I made a lot of mary partner for his lucrative business in properties. Two days later, the name went money with Qaddafi,’’ Trump said recently Canada, a well-respected Russo-Canadian bil- back up, setting off an even louder outcry. about the Westchester escapade. ‘‘He paid me lionaire named Alex Shnaider, is also a Damac’s share price dropped 15 percent amid a fortune.’’ major investor in Russia and Ukraine, mean- the controversy, and it was forced to guar- Another business relationship that could ing American policies benefiting those coun- antee rental returns for some of its luxury raise concerns about conflicts involves Azer- tries could enrich an important business con- properties bearing the Trump name. baijan, a country the State Department said nection for the Trump Organization. Other UAE businesses with connections to in an official report was infused with ‘‘cor- Meanwhile, Trump has raised concerns in Trump are also shunning the brand. The ruption and predatory behavior by politi- the United States among national security Dubai-based Landmark Group, one of the cally connected elites.’’ According to experts for his consistent and effusive praise Middle East’s largest retail companies, said Trump’s financial filings, the Republican for Vladimir Putin, the Russian ruler who it was pulling products with Trump’s name nominee is the president of two entities also now controls much of Ukraine. With its off of its shelves. called OT Marks Baku LLC and DT Marks founder in the White House, the Trump Orga- With Middle Eastern business partners and Baku Manaaina Member Corp. Those were nization would have an extraordinary entre´e American allies turning on him, Trump established as part of deals the Trump Orga- into those countries. If the company sold its lashed out. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal—the nization made last year for a real estate brand in Russia while Trump was in the billionaire who aided Trump during his cor- project in the country’s capital. The partner White House, the world could be faced with porate bankruptcies in the 1990s by pur- in the deal is Garant Holding, which is con- the astonishing site of hotels and office com- chasing his yacht, which provided him with trolled by Anar Mammadov, the son of the plexes going up in downtown Moscow with desperately needed cash—sent out a tweet country’s transportation minister, Ziya the name of the American president embla- amid the outcry in Dubai, calling the Repub- Mammadov. According to American diplo- zoned in gold atop the buildings. lican candidate a ‘‘disgrace.’’ (Alwaleed is a matic cables made public in 2010, the United The dealings of the Trump Organization prodigious tweeter and Twitter’s second States possessed information that led dip- reach into so many countries that it is im- largest shareholder.) Trump responded with lomats to believe Ziya Mammadov laundered possible to detail all the conflicts they an attack on the prince—a member of the money for the Iranian military. No formal present in a single issue of this magazine, ruling Saudi royal family—with a childish charges have been brought against either but a Newsweek examination of the company tweet, saying, ‘‘Dopey Prince @Alwaleed— Mammadov. has also found deep connections in China, Talal wants to control our U.S. politicians Once again, however, this exposes poten- Brazil, Bulgaria, Argentina, Canada, France, with daddy’s money. Can’t do it when I get tial conflicts between Trump’s business con- and other countries. elected. #Trump2016.’’ Once again, Trump’s nections and national security. While the de- Never before has an American candidate personal and financial interests are in con- velopment is currently on hold, it has not for president had so many financial ties with flict with critical national security issues for been canceled, meaning that Anar American allies and enemies, and never be- the United States. During the Bush adminis- Mammadov could soon be paying millions of fore has a business posed such a threat to the tration, Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s capital, and dollars to Trump. If American intelligence United States. If Donald Trump wins this Washington reached a bilateral agreement to concludes, or has already concluded, that his election and his company is not immediately improve international standards for nuclear business partner’s father has been aiding shut down or forever severed from the Trump nonproliferation. Cooperation is particularly Iran by laundering money for the military, family, the foreign policy of the United important for the United States because will Trump’s foreign policy decisions on Iran States of America could well be for sale. Iran—whose potential development of nu- and Azerbaijan be based on the national se- Mr. REID. Mr. President, the piece is clear weapons has been a significant security curity of the United States or the financial very, very thorough. So I am only issue, leading to an international agreement security of Donald Trump? going to quote a few things because of designed to place controls on its nuclear en- AN OLIGARCH IN D.C. ergy efforts—is one of the UAE’s largest the time of the Senate. No. 1, the arti- The Trump Organization also has dealings cle says that, if elected, Donald Trump trading partners, and Dubai has been a tran- in Russia and Ukraine, and officials with the sit point for sensitive technology bound for company have repeatedly stated they want would be ‘‘the most conflicted presi- Iran. to develop projects there. The company is dent in American history,’’ and ‘‘al- Given Trump’s name-calling when faced connected to a controversial Russian figure, most every foreign policy decision he with a critical tweet from a member of the Vladimir Potanin, a billionaire with inter- makes will raise serious conflicts of in- royal family in Saudi Arabia, an important ests in mining, metals, banking and real es- ally, how would he react as president if his terest and ethical quagmires.’’ tate. He was a host of the Russian version of company’s business in the UAE collapsed? The article details how Donald The Apprentice (called Candidate), and Would his decisions in the White House be Trump, his family, and his businesses Trump, through the Trump Organization, based on what is best for America or on what have multiple questionable partner- served as the show’s executive producer. would keep the cash from Dubai flowing to Potanin is deeply tied to the Russian govern- ships with foreign governments, polit- him and his family? ment and obtained much of his wealth in the ical parties, and even criminals. A STRONGMAN’S BEST FRIEND 1990s through what was called the loans-for- The Newsweek article ends with this Some of the most disturbing international shares program, part of an effort by Moscow sound declaration: ‘‘Never before has dealings by the Trump Organization involved to privatize state properties through auc- an American candidate for president Trump’s attempts to woo Libyan dictator tion. Those sales were rigged: Insiders with had so many financial ties with Amer- Muammar el-Qaddafi. The United States had political connections were the biggest bene- ican allies and enemies, and never be- labeled Qaddafi as a sponsor of terrorism for ficiaries. fore has a business posed such a threat decades; President Ronald Reagan even Hoping to start its branding business in launched a military attack on him in 1986 Russia, the Trump Organization registered to the United States.’’ after the National Security Agency inter- the Trump name in 2008 as a trademark for We face this from Donald Trump, a cepted a communications that showed projects in Moscow, St. Petersburg and candidate and a notorious con artist. Qaddafi was behind the bombing of a German Sochi. It also launched negotiations with a Donald Trump is only trying to help discotheque that killed two Americans. He development company called the Mos City one person—Donald Trump. I don’t was also linked to the bombing of Pan Am Group, but no deal was reached. The former care if he wants to be President or city Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Trump executive said that talks fell apart commissioner. Donald Trump is in it to Scotland, killing 259 people, in 1988. But for over the fees the Trump Organization wanted benefit Donald Trump. the Trump Organization, Qaddafi was not a to charge: 25 percent of the planned project’s murdering terrorist; he was a prospect who cost. However, the executive said, the Trump If given the opportunity, Donald might bring the company financing and the Organization has maintained close relations Trump will turn America into a big opportunity to build a resort on the Medi- with Pavel Fuks, head of the Mos City scam, just like . I terranean coast of Libya. According to an Group. Fuks is one of the most politically can’t make up this stuff. Here is what

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But we had choice. Under But Trump University is only one ex- nounce the business of the day. ObamaCare we saw one of the two car- ample. Trump has been ripping off peo- f riers shut down by costs. Like other in- ple for a long, long time—long before surers across the country, this com- Trump University. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME pany focused on and dominated the The list of people cheated by Donald The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Wyoming ObamaCare exchange in the Trump is a mile long, at least. A glass the previous order, the leadership time first year, and then the economics of company in New Jersey, a children’s is reserved. ObamaCare took hold. Patients were singing group, real estate brokers, f more costly than expected, premium plumbers, painters, dishwashers, and rates didn’t quite cover medical ex- many, many more all got fleeced by WATER RESOURCES penses—and then insolvency. this so-called billionaire—Trump. DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016 The changes to the health care sys- When Trump gets sued for not paying, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under tem that President Obama and a com- here is what he does: He hires law- the previous order, the Senate will re- pletely Democratic-controlled Con- yers—lots of lawyers, most of the sume consideration of S. 2848, which gress hammered through were sold as time—to defend him for having cheated the clerk will report. the positive change. It is absolutely lots of people. Then, guess what. Many The senior assistant legislative clerk stunning to me that not one out of the times he doesn’t bother paying those read as follows: 60 Democrats who represent the people lawyers so they have to sue him. A bill (S. 2848) to provide for the conserva- were being talked into it. Well, some of He rips off people only to reap profit tion and development of water and related them were, I guess, because there were for himself. resources, to authorize the Secretary of the four extreme deals made for four A lot of his business I don’t under- Army to construct various projects for im- States regarding Medicare Advantage stand very well, but I understand At- provements to rivers and harbors of the that gave those States a little longer lantic City. I was chairman of the Ne- United States, and for other purposes. time than the rest of us would have to vada Gaming Commission for 4 very tu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under take care of our seniors. Two of the multuous years. I was there when we the previous order, the time until 11:30 four are gone now. The other two may allowed Nevada operations to go to At- a.m. will be equally divided between be going too. lantic City. So I understand what took the two leaders or their designees. As I said, we did have choice, but we place in Atlantic City. He will do any- The Senator from Wyoming. have had one shut down, and I don’t know if the other one can continue if thing to make a buck for himself. He Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- they stay with the exchange. applied for a license a number of years mous consent to speak as in morning business. The changes to the health care sys- ago in Nevada. He got one. It was just tem that the completely Democratic- perfunctory. If he applied for a license The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. controlled Congress hammered through today after what he did in Atlantic were sold as positive change. Many of OBAMACARE City and what he has done since, he us thought otherwise and said so at the couldn’t get a gaming license in Ne- Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, resisting time. We pointed out flaws in it, but we vada. the urge to counter the diatribe I just were ignored. We were called Let’s be clear about Donald Trump. heard, I will talk on a topic that is fearmongers, and here we are today. He is a spoiled brat raised in plenty, really important to America. I don’t Today Wyoming continues to be one who inherited a fortune, and used his always agree with what I read in the of the most expensive States for health money to make more money, and he New York Times, but this caught my care premiums. Do you know the one did a lot of it by swindling working eye, and I want to share it with my col- thing ObamaCare has done for Wyo- men and women. leagues: ming? We have more competition from Why would he change as President? So much for choice. In many parts of the other States for having the most ex- The answer is simple. Trump won’t country, Obamacare customers will be down pensive health insurance premiums. change. He is asking us to let him get to one insurer when they go to sign up for Misery loves company, I guess. This rich scamming America. coverage next year on the public exchanges. year there are some States with pre- I know these are harsh words, but That is from the August 19, 2016, New mium increases over 50 percent for look at this man. He goes to Flint, MI, York Times, ‘‘TheUpshot.’’ 2017. where people are desperate for help— Just a few years ago, in 2013, Presi- We have seen our individual market desperate for help. He goes to an Afri- dent Obama was telling us: damaged, and we are seeing changes in can-American church. What does he Just visit healthcare.gov, and there you our employer-sponsored insurance as do? He just starts ranting about how can compare insurance plans, side by side, well. Everyone from the biggest cor- horrible is. It was so the same way you’d shop for a plane ticket poration to small, one-person oper- bad that the woman who runs the on Kayak or a TV on Amazon. . . . You’ll ations are paying more and are getting church had to come up and say: Stop; find more choices, more competition, and in less. you are not here to do this. And he many cases lower prices. As a former small business owner, I stopped. This morning he said that, ob- Last year, Wyoming became one of tend to look at these issues from that viously, there was something wrong the growing number of States that had perspective. In Wyoming, according to with her mentally. one insurer on the ObamaCare ex- the Small Business Administration, Trump is a human leech who will change. In the environment created by there are 63,289 small businesses. Those bleed the country and sit in his golf re- ObamaCare, we have to hope that we businesses employ 132,085 people. In sort, laughing at the money he has can hold on to the one that we have Wyoming, that is almost one-third of made, even though working people, left. all the adults in the State. Small busi- many of them, will be hurt. Trump Before ObamaCare, Wyoming had ness is the backbone of our economy. doesn’t understand the middle class. many challenges in our health care Now, that may not sound like many, How could he? How could he under- system—particularly high costs and but remember our low population, and stand working people? the serious access challenges that come it is just as important for each one of This report from Newsweek proves with being a frontier State. By frontier those people as it is for one out of 23 Trump’s plan to take his rigged game State, I mean we are the least popu- million. We are talking about individ- straight to the White House. The integ- lated State in the Nation. We have less uals here. Small business owners in

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