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如果一开始你被特朗普政府阻挠，那就再试一次。
这似乎是马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和加利福尼亚州众议员罗伯特·加西亚试图对特朗普总统4亿美元宴会厅项目进行监督采取的策略。
CBS新闻首次获取的一封信中，沃伦和加西亚重申了他们对国家公园管理局（NPS）在该项目中角色的质疑，以及一个非营利组织筹集的捐赠资金是如何通过该机构流入监督建设的白宫办公室的。
议员们致信国家公园管理局，“询问国家公园管理局是否在特朗普总统的白宫宴会厅项目中助长了腐败行为。”
加西亚和沃伦此前试图从政府获取宴会厅财务信息的努力，几乎未从白宫或其他联邦机构得到回应。
“国家公园管理局可以试图回避国会，但我们不会停止追问答案，”沃伦表示。
民主党人缺乏传票权来强制证人作证或提供文件。议员们致国家公园管理局的信本质上是一份无约束力的信息请求。
沃伦和加西亚提出了道德方面的质疑，即宴会厅捐赠者是否得到政府方面给予的优惠待遇作为捐赠交换。他们还要求了解“捐赠金额、来源或条款”，而政府迄今拒绝详细披露这些信息。
“我们现在需要知道哪些亿万富翁公司在向特朗普的虚荣项目大量捐钱，以及他们可能寻求什么回报。美国人有权知道国家公园管理局是否被用来协助特朗普的腐败行为，”沃伦补充道。
一位联邦法官预计将于本月就宴会厅建设能否继续做出裁决，尽管无论结果如何，该案件都可能上诉。历史保护信托基金对政府提起的诉讼称，政府在开工前未获得必要批准，违反了现行法律。
司法部官员辩称，尽管项目进展迅速，但政府在法律上是站得住脚的。
沃伦和加西亚问国家公园管理局官员是否“同意特朗普总统的说法……即‘为时已晚！’，即使法官裁定该项目违法并下令停工，也无法阻止宴会厅项目”。
这个约9万平方英尺的东翼翻新工程，包括宴会厅、办公空间和连接新空间与行政官邸的双层柱廊，未来几周将面临两个评审委员会的审查。
国家首都规划委员会和艺术委员会预计很快会对特朗普的宴会厅项目做出裁决。艺术委员会将于周四听取政府的最终陈述。这两个委员会都由特朗普的盟友主导。
总统最近任命白宫助手钱伯林·哈里斯加入艺术委员会，自10月解雇前任成员以来，该委员会已全面重组。《华盛顿邮报》率先报道了哈里斯的任命。
根据其网站介绍，艺术委员会“由七名具有艺术专业知识的成员组成”，其中包括一名建筑师和其他在艺术和城市规划方面有经验的人士。
哈里斯的相关专业背景尚不清楚。她的官方传记称她“负责管理特朗普总统的总统肖像项目”，该项目现在沿着通往西翼的柱廊排列。哈里斯在特朗普第一任期部分时间以及他卸任后都为其工作。
“钱伯林·哈里斯多年来一直是总统特朗普忠诚、可信且备受尊敬的顾问。她理解总统对艺术的愿景和欣赏，这一点很少有人能做到，她带来的独特视角将对委员会大有裨益，”白宫通讯主任史蒂文·张表示。
Democrats in Congress press National Park Service on Trump ballroom donors
February 19, 2026 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News
If at first you’re stonewalled by the Trump administration, try, try again.
That’s the approach Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Robert Garcia of California appear to be taking in trying to exercise oversight over President Trump’s $400 million ballroom project.
In a letter first obtained by CBS News, Warren and Garcia reiterated their plea for answers about the National Park Service’s role in the project and how donor money collected by a nonprofit organization was funneled through the agency to a White House office overseeing construction.
The lawmakers wrote to the Park Service “with questions about whether NPS…has facilitated corruption in connection with President Trump’s White House ballroom project.”
Garcia and Warren’s previous attempts to extract information from the administration about the ballroom’s finances have yielded few answers from the White House or other federal agencies.
“The Park Service can try to dodge Congress, but we won’t stop pressing for answers,” Warren said.
Democrats lack subpoena power to compel witness testimony or document production. The lawmakers’ letter to the park service amounts to a nonbinding request for information.
Warren and Garcia raised ethics questions about whether ballroom donors were promised favorable treatment by the administration in exchange for their contributions. They also seek answers about the “amount, source, or terms of the donation[s],” which the administration has so far declined to disclose in detail.
“We need answers now as to which billionaire corporations are shoveling money to Trump’s vanity projects and what favors they may be seeking in return. Americans deserve to know whether the National Park Service is being used to help facilitate Trump’s corruption,” Warren added.
A federal judge is expected to rule this month on whether ballroom construction can proceed, though the case is expected to be appealed, regardless of the outcome. The lawsuit, brought against the administration by the Trust for Historic Preservation, alleges the administration failed to obtain requisite approvals prior to construction, in violation of existing law.
Justice Department officials have argued the administration is on the right side of the law even though the project has been on a fast track.
Warren and Garcia asked Park Service officials whether they “agree with President Trump’s assertion…that ‘IT IS TOO LATE!’ to stop the ballroom project even if a judge rules that it violates the law and orders it stopped.”
The roughly 90,000 square-foot East Wing renovation, which includes the ballroom, office space and a double decker colonnade connecting the new space to the executive residence, faces two review boards in the coming weeks.
The National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts are expected to soon render their verdicts on Mr. Trump’s ballroom. The CFA will hear the administration’s final presentation Thursday. Both panels are stacked with Trump allies.
The president recently added White House aide Chamberlain Harris to the Commission of Fine Arts, completing a total overhaul of the board since he fired the previous members in October. The Washington Post was first to report Harris’ appointment.
According to its website, CFA “is composed of seven members with expertise in the arts” and includes an architect and others experienced in the arts and urban planning.
Harris’ relevant expertise was not immediately clear. Her official biography cites her work “managing President Trump’s Presidential Portrait Project,” which now lines the colonnade leading to the West Wing. Harris worked for Mr. Trump during part of his first administration and after he left office.
“Chamberlain Harris has spent several years as a loyal, trusted, and highly respected advisor to President Trump. She understands the President’s vision and appreciation of the arts like very few others, and brings a unique perspective that will serve the Commission well,” said White House communications director Steven Cheung.
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