Patricia Schroeder: “reclaiming my time, that is absolutely astounding. They get paid whether they decide to work or not?”

I was concerned about the words ``shameless demagoguery.'' I think those are words we could have taken down, and I do not really want to do that. But I think that is a very strong word.

The reason I feel the EEOC is very different from other regulatory agencies is we have piled a bigger and bigger workload on them. If we are going to pile a bigger workload on a regulatory agency but treat it the same as SEC when it has a…

I guess the question is, how long does it take for a reasonable investigation? Our problem is 2 years seems like a very long time. In the past, and we can bring those charts to the floor except they probably would be ruled out of order…

I was very troubled by the Chair's ruling, and I am going to tell my colleagues why. My understanding is, what we are debating is the martial law rule which gives the Speaker the right to bring any resolution to the floor whenever he wants…