Steve Scalise

And it`s not just the regulate states that did not follow the laws set which the Constitution says they`re supposed to follow.

It`s not just irregular, it`s states that did not follow the laws set which the constitution says they`re supposed to follow. When you see states like Georgia cleaning up some of the mess and people calling that Jim Crow law, that`s a…

What I said is there are states that didn't follow their legislatively set rules. That's what the United States Constitution says.

What I said is there are states that didn’t follow their legislatively set rules.

Soviet-style infrastructure, what they`re talking about.

If they have valid questions or hesitations, clearly, shaming them and threatening them is not working because people are getting fired.

Maybe we should have a hearing, Mr. Chairman, on why the President hasn't appointed a head of the FDA, nine months into a pandemic that was already in place.

They still want and deserve answers. We could get those answers.

Former Governor Cuomo's 'must admit' order... led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

That's why it's so hard to understand why the majority has not used the authority provided to the subcommittee.

It's important that we hear from local and state public health officials about their experiences.

I commend President Biden's historic efforts to revitalize our public health system.

I appreciate that, and I look forward to having those conversations with the gentleman from Maryland on that and all the other issues that will come before us next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

It was voted on on a bipartisan basis and was passed by Congress. Where the debt ceiling is today is ultimately going to be negotiated in the Senate, but it won't be in the bill that was sent over to the Senate on Tuesday. The Senators…

I want to remind the gentleman that if you go back, both Republican and Democrat Presidents, whether it was a Republican Congress or a Democrat Congress, you had budget agreements that involved both agreements on spending and on debt…

Well, we will be very involved in that debate as well. As it relates to the next few weeks, there has been some talk that possibly the week of October 4 or beyond may be taken back as district work schedules to come back here. Does the…

We all will. On Monday, the schedule shows that the infrastructure bill is supposed to be coming up before the House floor. Is that going to be for debate and consideration, or will there be an actual vote on Monday night on the…

Does the gentleman know if there is a possibility that the bill before the Budget Committee tomorrow, because they did expedite that hearing--just yesterday, there wasn't supposed to be a Budget Committee on Saturday to take up the…

--including things like that are in this bill. There is a tax on natural gas, which every family in America that uses natural gas to heat their homes in winter or cool their homes in summer would have to pay. I know that President Biden…

I thank the gentleman. Then last week, I think we had about a dozen committees in Congress that took up different parts of that bill. Unfortunately, it seems that the cost keeps going up. Could we get an assurance that before the bill…

I thank the gentleman. As it relates to the reconciliation bill that the Budget Committee will be taking up tomorrow, the initial estimates on that bill are that it would, roughly, add up to be about $3.5 trillion in new taxes and…

The bill that the Speaker Pelosi is bringing through this week will not become law. They`re going to have to go back to the drawing board. They might have to go to reconciliation to address the debt ceiling.

We shouldn't be afraid of China. We should want to know where this started so it doesn't happen again.

Why is this administration trying to cover this up?

We ought to have a hearing, Mr. Chairman, on the origins of COVID.