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Official title: Trump Administration (Executive Calendar)
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June 18, 2026
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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, $600 million to build a ballroom at the White House, $100 million to build a triumphal arch, $250 million to renovate the Kennedy Center, $60 million to host a UFC fight on the south lawn of the White House—these are the things Donald Trump is putting his time and energy into right now, along with a whole lot of taxpayer money.
Meanwhile, gas is more than 4 bucks a gallon nationally and $5.58 in Hawaii, grocery prices keep going up, electricity bills are through the roof, millions of Americans don't have health insurance at all this year, and rents and mortgages are almost impossible to keep up with.
This is not a question of whether you like sports or monuments. I like sports. I like UFC. I think the Capital City of the most powerful Nation in the history of the world should be beautiful and modern and vibrant. But that is not the point. This is a President who is so thoroughly distracted with his own personal pet projects that he has no time to do anything to lower prices and fix people's actual problems. It is not that these are events that have overtaken his agenda—this is his agenda. These are his initiatives that he came up with that he is excited about.
that have nothing to do with regular people's lives, but you don't have to take my word for it. Last week, after inflation reached the highest level in 3 years, he said:
I love the inflation.
I don't think about Americans' financial situation.
“I don't think about Americans' financial situation.”
This is not making a partisan accusation; those are his words.
saving less and seeing the doctor less because of his actions—wars, tariffs, tax cuts for billionaires paid for by cutting working people's healthcare—and yet all he can think about is where his next military adventure might be or what new monument he can build for himself.
exerts their authority to make people's lives better, easier, more affordable, more fulfilling. And in the past, even when we didn't agree with the President from the other party on solutions, at least we agreed on the problems; at least we agreed on what a Presidency was for—but not this President.
The problem was never that the Kennedy Center was too woke. The problem was never that gas was too cheap. No one woke up thinking “Gee, I wish we were involved in more wars” or “Man, I really ought to be throwing bigger parties for the President's 80th birthday.” No one asked for this. I want to be clear. No one asked for this—not the people who elected Donald Trump the second time, not the people who voted against Donald Trump the second time. No one asked for this. No one wants this. But we do have a President who is at the end of his political career, and with nothing to lose electorally, all he can think about is himself and his legacy—not you.
I yield the floor.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mrs. BRITT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mrs. BRITT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the previously scheduled rollcall vote begin immediately.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.