"Recommendation number one simply should be re-opening the Capitol Campus."
"We have 22 months of proof that proxy voting and remote committee hearings do not serve the American people well."
"Our job depends upon interaction. Our job depends upon being able to work together."
"The juxtaposition of people remoting into these hearings when you had President Zelenskyy remote in from a war zone is an amazing juxtaposition."
"Although this may seem like an odd topic for Members to deliberate upon, I would risk the exaggeration that physical space is a significant challenge that the First Branch faces in being a strong, hea..."
"if Congress is ever going to reassert its oversight of the executive branch and its other constitutional powers, it needs more staff."
"I think this is a majority process to keep a very small majority they have of voting for the bills that should be more bipartisan."
"How dare we be the Members that decide not to show up at the Capitol for the American people."
"It is time that COVID-19 stops controlling Congress as well."
"I appreciate the comments Ms. Scanlon had, but there is absolutely no comparison of what President Zelenskyy had to do from a war zone to us having a hearing in the United States Congress."
"In noncompetitive situations, captive shippers--three-quarters of our member companies are captive--those rates have gone up 230 percent over that same time."