Steny Hoyer

I thank the gentleman for his comments. As he knows, the President of the United States has strongly expressed support of those who are seeking freedom and liberty in Cuba. He said that shortly after the demonstrations occurred. He has…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. It was not radical spending in 2020, because Trump signed the bills. Trump left, and it became radical spending. That is situational ethics, Mr. Speaker. I will leave it at that.

Does the gentleman believe that the three Members that the Speaker accepted and was willing to appoint would not have asked those questions?

The legislation we passed said the Speaker would appoint all the members. These Members were not kicked off; they never got on. Liz Cheney was asked whether that was the appropriate thing to do, and her response was--you had her quote: ``I…

Congresswoman Tenney promoting this program now, does not erase the fact that you didn’t vote for this assistance. New Yorkers will not be fooled.

The Restaurant Revitalization Fund is a program authorized and funded through the American Rescue Plan which you voted against.

Glad to hear you think the American people deserve some help recovering from the effects of COVID-19, Representative Greg Pence. Didn’t seem quite that way when you voted against the American Rescue Plan which created this restaurant fund.

The gentleman refers to Communist China, apparently wants to follow that example. A communist authoritarian government that owns most of the manufacturing capability in China--not all of it. It is ironic that in two different debates in…

I have not had a discussion with Mr. Nadler, but as the gentleman knows, we have a lot of work to do on the floor of the House of Representatives, and we intend to get that work done. We have not considered bringing to the floor the bill…

The prior Administration did not live up to its responsibility to extend help to our brothers and sisters on the island.

For generations, Puerto Ricans have been an integral part of the American family.

The people of Puerto Rico have told us time and time again through multiple plebiscites in recent years that they chose statehood. I think that we in Congress would be wise to listen to what the people of Puerto Rico are telling us.

I support H.R. 1522 and the right of Puerto Ricans to vote on their future.

Everybody in America wants to get back to normal. Everybody in America. We agree with them, and we are hopeful that we will get there sooner rather than later, and we are making good progress. We just, yesterday, invested a large number…

My point on the White House was that a Member may decide that. And if they don't want to get a test, then they can't go to the White House, for the safety of everybody there.

COVID-19 has taught us, there is a way not to be in physical place, but to virtually do one's job.

We ought to stop it.

Our Federal employees work hard, contrary to public perception and political rhetoric, and they deserve the pay and benefits commensurate with their talent, education, experience, technical skills, and contributions.

We need to finish the job by extending that to full family and medical leave.

Federal employees earned, on average, 26.7 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector.

If we wish to recruit and retain the best and brightest to serve in the Federal workforce, we must ensure that pay and benefits are competitive with the private sector.

We've seen that frequently in the last four years, unfortunately, and it has undermined the integrity and the role of the inspector generals.

The Schedule F categorization that jeopardized the nonpartisan civil service and sought to intimidate Federal workers.

Federal employees have been treated as though they're expendable, even though they are indispensable to the operations of our Federal service.

The Federal employees were largely overpaid. That is simply not a fact.