"This is the treaty and trust obligation that United States willingly assumed but has never fully funded."
"this is something she knows a great deal about."
"I have never seen such a stunning display of green ties."
"I noted that this was the most consequential change to the rules since the establishment of the modern committee system in the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946."
"Unfortunately, in my view, the results have not been as positive as all of us I think would have wanted."
"I believe that both the proxy voting and remote committee procedures have long since outlived their usefulness."
"The failure to congregate in person has had serious consequences for the culture of this institution."
"You can't hate someone whose story you know."
"Continuing to utilize proxy voting and remote committee procedures has negative consequences for legislating."
"I want to congratulate my friend, Mr. Roy, on his son, because that is a pretty well-behaved young man to sit there that much time and listen to adults drone away."
"But pre-COVID, the way it was done was always by consent; in other words, we all agreed pretty much: We know these are going to pass so we are going to group them all together."
"That is just not true."