Jim McGovern actually said...

"the people's voice was enabled to be heard by virtue of the proxy voting that we developed."

"I think it is me, okay. I live closer to the Capitol than any other Member of Congress."

"I think that is a reasonable, legitimate, and compelling exercise of our power under Article I, section 5, to set the rules of our own proceedings."

"While proxy voting wasn't created for a number of the situations we talked about here today, it has actually helped increase voting participation in the House, believe it or not."