Steve Scalise: “As we talk about the broader issues relating to opening things back up, hopefully we can get the House fully operating…”

“As we talk about the broader issues relating to opening things back up, hopefully we can get the House fully operating again, ending proxy voting, getting committees to meet in person again because across the country you are seeing more States open, more communities and businesses open. If you just look this past weekend, you had red States, blue States-- in California you had the NFC Championship Game, over 73,000 people were in SoFi Stadium to watch that game. From all the footage you saw, very few people had masks on. You didn't hear of incidents, but you saw in the State of California 73,000 people gathered together. In Missouri, for the AFC Championship Game, again, over 73,000 people watching that game. For those of us from LSU, as the gentleman knows real well, we are excited by Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, Shelvin, and other LSU Tigers going to the Super Bowl for the Bengals. To see that many people--and we would understand for the Super Bowl there will be over 73,000 people there as well. Is there any reason why science changes in California or Missouri, and when you get to D.C. why we can't have a full House Chamber here? We have been hearing we might only get 25 tickets in a Chamber that typically holds over 500 for a State of the Union. There is clearly no science that has come against what we saw in those stadiums with over 73,000 people.…”