Donna Shalala: “We must do better.”

if more than 218 Members die or are incapacitated in a mass attack, the House could not convene, could not make laws, could not pass appropriations, could not override a veto, could not impeach a rogue President, which--and could not…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1060 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1060 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

they threaten the continuity of Congress as a functioning representative of the American people, and our commission respectfully suggests that they need to be addressed.

It's a stunning lack of leadership and it's a human tragedy that's unfolding. Each of these lives are precious. The administration should have hit this with a hammer.