Jim McGovern actually said...

"Members should be able to avail themselves of proxy voting if they have a compelling medical reason to do so or, I would say, a compelling family reason to do so."

"I think all of us are called upon to do that, and that is why this is an important and fundamental conversation that we are having today."

"Nobody should go to Washington, because potentially you change."

"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."