- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: March 20, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 4731. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. . CONDEMNING THE COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE OF
GEORGE ANTHONY DEVOLDER SANTOS.
(a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Former Congressman George Anthony Devolder Santos
pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud and aggravated
identity theft.
(2) As part of his guilty plea, Mr. Santos admitted to
filing fraudulent reports with the Federal Election
Commission, embezzling funds from campaign donors, charging
credit cards without authorization, stealing identities,
obtaining unemployment benefits through fraud, and lying in a
report to the House of Representatives.
(3) Mr. Santos was sentenced to 87 months in prison,
ordered to pay $373,749.97 in restitution, and forfeited
$205,002.97.
(4) On October 17, 2025, President Donald J. Trump commuted
Mr. Santos's sentence.
(b) Condemning Commutation.—Congress condemns the
commutation of the sentence of George Anthony Devolder
Santos.