February 7, 2020

Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement in response to the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that individual Members of Congress lack standing to hold President Trump accountable in court for potential violations of the Emoluments Clause:

“Our lawsuit hit a roadblock because we did not have a majority in the House when we filed it,” said Congresswoman Titus (NV-1). “Now that the American people elected a House majority that cares about the Constitution, we should vote to enforce the law. I will work with Speaker Pelosi to ensure that President Trump is held accountable for violating the Constitution. 

“President Trump’s decision to take money from foreign governments looking to curry favor with his Administration is unethical, unacceptable, and illegal. President Trump may have called the Emoluments Clause ‘phony,’ but some of us take our oath to the Constitution seriously.”

Congresswoman Titus, as Chair of a key Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, has helped lead the effort to conduct oversight of violations of the Emoluments Clause at President Trump’s hotel in the Old Post Office Building.