the last thing we need to do are things like raise taxes, put heavy regulations, go start punishing industries in America because that is what would slow down our recovery.

Clearly, and we pointed this out during the hearing, we actually tried to correct it when we were seeing this still move through.

I thank the gentleman, and I appreciate the update on the schedule. Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the gentleman, we have been getting a number of concerns expressed from Members on our side--and I would imagine on the gentleman's side…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. I appreciate the acknowledgment about the concerns and the disruptions of schedules as Members try to meet the needs of their constituents back home, as well as doing the work up here. Clearly, getting…

If maybe a requirement of a test once a week when we come in or something like that would help get us to a better place where we can have in-person, on the floor, and in-committee processes and meetings--the testing capability is now there…

I appreciate the gentleman's offer to work. Obviously, when one looks at the way the Senate operates, they have said that to speak, especially, you don't need to wear a mask. I don't see the science that would say that the gentleman and I…

I hope the gentleman is not suggesting that it would take a 100 percent vaccination rate. I know with the rest of the country, when States make decisions to reopen, when CDC issues guidance, I have never seen any guidance that said 100…

I appreciate that. Again, hopefully, this is a discussion that we can all have, not just the majority making this decision, but the majority working with the minority. We have an active group of Members who are medical doctors, the Doctors…

When you look at the bill that passed yesterday, the only bipartisan vote was against the bill. Every Republican--in fact, a Democrat voted against it as well. You had two Democrats who voted against it originally when it came through the…

I would yield because I would suggest that if we are at 75 percent now, you also have Members who have antibodies, who may have had COVID months ago and who have even taken the test that shows they have antibodies. Whether they have taken…

It is worth doing. Again, that is why you had a number of Republican Senators go to the White House to offer that olive branch. They were turned down, and that is unfortunate. On this bill, clearly it wasn't just Republicans who voted…

The porous southern border and the Biden Administration's inaction to secure it is a recipe for chaos and disorder.