Langworthy Reacts to Biden’s Refusal to Take Cognitive Health Test
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) took to the House floor after the White House confirmed that President Biden would be the first President to refuse to participate in the cognitive health testing portion of the annual physical.
Remarks as prepared for delivery:
“Mr. Speaker, President Biden is the first President in history to flat-out refuse to take a cognitive health test. Given all of his memory issues, frequently and clearly displayed in his public remarks, the least he could do to prove to the American people that he is fit to serve as the leader of the free world is to take the cognitive health test as part of the annual physical.
Let me just give you a few examples of the President’s recent memory problems:
On February 8th, Joe Biden publicly confused the president of Egypt with the president of Mexico when discussing Israel aid in a press conference.
At a recent public event, he recalled talking to French President Francois Mitterrand at a G7 meeting in 2021; this is problematic as Mitterrand passed away in 1996.
A week ago, as President Biden was urging Congress to pass foreign aid, he appeared to forget the name of the terror group – Hamas – that was responsible for the egregious October 7th attacks on our ally, Israel.
Similarly, in June 2023, President Biden said that Putin was “clearly losing the war in Iraq” instead of Ukraine.
In one of the most painful examples, while giving remarks at the White House, he publicly asked if late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was in attendance only a month after she tragically passed away.
The DOJ also issued a damning report of their interview with Biden, saying he presented “as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who “did not remember when he was vice president” or “when his son Beau died.”
I could sit here all night and list examples of the President’s mental decline, but I won’t do that to my colleagues.
It’s simple: the President of the United States must be able to portray strength on the world stage and be able to lead our nation through whatever our future holds.
I’m discouraged by what I’ve seen from the President recently, and it’s honestly sad that his handlers have convinced him to run for another four-year term. We know that President Biden isn’t the one steering the ship at the White House.
This is not about personal attacks or political agendas; it's about the integrity of our democracy and the stability of our nation. We owe it to the American people to ensure that their leader is capable of fulfilling the duties of the office with competence and clarity.
With that, I yield back.”