We lose our ability to exercise our oversight responsibility with executive branch officials and private sector official...
That is a very big statement. That is a debatable statement, one we ought to be debating.
I think that is something that is really worth thinking about, and it probably has enriched the body.
That is disenfranchising and that it is causing distrust in the institution.
There is no question it is obvious and inarguable, to the point of being self-evident now, that people are abusing proxy...
Simply put, I believe the persistence of remote proceedings has made our committee and this institution less civil towar...
Unfortunately, in our committee, Members of the Democratic majority have found new ways to circumvent our rules and weig...
the quote that the Senate wrote never came through committee over here.
your Members squabbled for months on end over this process.
Virtual legislation, I believe, has gone on long enough.
nobody on my side was for Build Back Better.
Conversely, we have also had Members deprived of their ability to engage and question witnesses.
I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned there, and she did it the right way.
They are abusing proxy voting so they can have a longer weekend, right? Because it is an inconvenience to come to D.C.
How can you maintain the integrity of the institution if you are institutionalizing lies?
the institution is broken.
I have no quarrel with Members that voted for it, my side or your side.
I think it is bad, and I think it ultimately destroys--and you just deal with these problems when they occur.
