Political Quotes

“I want to thank my good friend, Mr. McGovern, the distinguished chairman of the House Rules Committee, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Madam Speaker, let me quickly respond to my friend's mention about the group that will work on reopening Congress. I look forward to working with my friend and our colleagues on that particular issue. I do want to point out, it is important to note, last night we actually did function as a committee under the chairman's leadership, and we got our work done. We are on the floor right now getting our work done. The executive branch is in Washington, D.C., right now getting its work done. The President and the Vice President aren't hunkered down in Cheyenne Mountain. They are in the West Wing working every day. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are in the Pentagon, working every day. Every Cabinet member is working every day. I just say that to note that other people are able to get their jobs done with appropriate changes and appropriate precautions, so I rule nothing in or out. I look forward to listening to my colleague, but I do think we are capable of working in the House of Representatives, and I will be extraordinarily cautious about giving up procedures and precedents that are 230-plus years old. Madam Speaker, we are here today to consider a rule that creates Speaker Pelosi's proposed select committee on the coronavirus pandemic.…”