I lead House Oversight Democrats. Corruption is making the cost-of-living crisis worse.

Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, argues that corruption among the powerful is deepening the cost-of-living squeeze on American families. He says officials are profiting from the very decisions they are supposed to make on the public's behalf, even as the administration claims it lacks money for Head Start or healthcare yet finds billions for a war in Iran. He cites a Gallup poll in which nearly 90% of U.S. adults called government corruption "widespread.", according to MS NOW.

Garcia points to the president's hundreds of millions of dollars in meme coin earnings amid efforts to loosen cryptocurrency rules, and to Jared Kushner raising billions from Saudi Arabia while taking part in sensitive overseas negotiations. He also describes dark money, possible stock trading by lawmakers on nonpublic information, and a lobbying revolving door. He wants Congress to bar the president, vice president and members from trading stocks, set strict limits for relatives, and remove dark money from politics.

If Democrats win the House in November, Garcia says, they could set the Oversight Committee's agenda, open investigations, call witnesses and issue subpoenas. He names the White House's handling of the Epstein files and immigration enforcement misconduct as areas to examine.

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