Kevin Kiley: “We just heard the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) speak passionately on a number of topics. It is his prerogative as an…”

“We just heard the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) speak passionately on a number of topics. It is his prerogative as an elected Member of Congress to speak from this floor on any topic he chooses. What is not his or any of our right is to stand up during the State of the Union and interrupt the President of the United States. Imagine if everyone did that. Imagine if everyone took whatever grievance they have in the moment and decided to use the State of the Union to air that grievance. Imagine if, during President Biden's speech, each and every one of the Republicans in the House had stood up and objected to the President's open-border policies or his runaway inflation policies. The State of the Union could not be delivered. The institution could not function. What is even more remarkable, though, than the conduct of this 1 Member is the fact that all but 10 of his colleagues on their side of the aisle chose not to censure this eminently censurable conduct. We held a vote today, and there were 10 Democrats who joined with the Republicans in voting for the censure. They are Ami Bera of California, Ed Case of Hawaii, Jim Costa of California, Laura Gillen of New York, James Himes of Connecticut, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Jared Moskowitz of Florida, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, and Tom Suozzi of New York. The other 200 Members who were present chose not to censure that conduct. I find that remarkable.…”