Mary Gay Scanlon: “This isn't governance. It's not working for the American people. It's grandstanding. It's a stunt.”

Mr. Speaker, underneath this debate about the appropriations minibus is the difficult reality that House Republicans have abdicated their responsibilities to this Chamber, to the Congress, and to the Constitution. We are not just debating…

It makes it difficult to … follow up on issues about food and medical care if you can’t talk to people who are impacted.

So we have the situation where people are being jailed and then forced to work essentially for free to maintain basic sanitation, food, etc.

may be the dumbest bill brought to the floor