02/13/2017
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"75 percent of Americans said they did not approve of the way Congress is handling its job; 75 percent."
"I have never proxy voted. I also refuse to participate and assist other Members who wanted to proxy vote."
"We have got to get to a point where we look at this virus and learn how to deal with it as a risk-management issue because it is never going to be a zero-tolerance issue."
"I would provide 200 years of precedent before this pandemic began and before this majority decided to implement proxy voting for the first time ever in American history."