Joe Neguse: “That article is quoting a Republican Senator from the gentleman's…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2023

That article is quoting a Republican Senator from the gentleman's region, his neighbor, Senator Shelley Moore Capito. {time} 1300 When House Republicans shut down the government in 66 days, which they seem committed to doing, the American people will be right to ask the question, they will be justified to ask the question of why House Republicans decided to focus their time on the northern long-eared bat and the lesser prairie-chicken. It is a fair question for the American people to ask. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

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Jul 26, 2023

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