Steve Scalise

It was one of the first real organized plans to encourage states to pull back.

Why aren't we having a hearing about that?

We do not need to lose another 150,000 American lives. But if we do not make drastic changes now, this tragic outcome is well within the realm of possibility.

What's wrong with asking for the facts?

I respect that, and I appreciate the gentleman discussing that. I know we have additional negotiations that will go on, hopefully, next week. And we will have a clearer picture if those will result in actual legislation we can come…

I inquire of the majority leader the schedule for the coming week. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

It can be done. They both confirmed that. Dr. Birx confirmed that it can safely be done.

Withholding funding from schools that do not open in person full time would be a misguided approach.

Our challenge as policymakers, as leaders, is to go figure out how to do it.

The idea that the Federal taxpayer, which is already stretched, should bail out those states that had failed policies

I hear from small businesses every day who talk about the problems, the problems created by paying people.

We ought to have a hearing on holding China accountable to see what they did to shut off the supply of that vital protective equipment.

Letting families have more control over their own destiny, over their own money that they worked hard to earn.

But let's look to what did work to get us to that hottest economy in the world before this.

For goodness sake, we can surely reopen our schools and safely rebuild our economy.

This policy needs to stop.

School reopening also helps the economy because parents can more readily get back to work.

What America must now decide is whether those losses are going to be short-term costs, or will they be long term irrevocable damage?

Immediately, America came together to fight the invisible enemy and to prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed.

America was experiencing the hottest economy we have ever seen, and every segment of our country was reaping those benefits.

The unemployment rate in February was 3.5 percent. That is the lowest in over 50 years.

The rules require that we are able to have a minority day of hearing.

We should all request and seek that the House rules, as they require, welcome that diversity of opinion.

Whether people are from different parties, if they are both bringing a similar perspective on an issue, that is not the intention of the House rules.

I proudly supported the CARES Act.