Jim Clyburn

I think that the president seems to feel that playing it down is to be the order of the day. That he knows that this information is there. His task force has been sending out to the states and they're keeping it secret.

The reports released today show that the White House has been aware since just after Labor Day that cases were rising dramatically around the country. The White House chose to hide these reports even as President Trump claimed publicly…

I do believe, though, that the country must move forward, and our Constitution will guide that.

News of the president's condition had serious reverberations on Capitol Hill today.

It needs to have bipartisan leadership gathered around to ensure the stability of this country, because it could become an international problem for us, a problem of security for the nation.

This country is teetering on two pandemics: COVID-19 has taken its toll on this country. We've had some significant racial issues involving law enforcement and other things in this country.

I do not believe that it is too late to turn things around if the Administration will finally lead with the science instead of politics.

COVID-19 has claimed more American lives than the battles of World War I, the Korean war, Vietnam War, Afghanistan war, and Iraq war, combined.

Let there be no doubt, the President's response to the coronavirus crisis has been a failure of historic proportions.

A national plan to me must include clear and consistent public health measures across all 50 states.

It is pretty clear that the Trump administration's approach to this virus since January has not worked.

I took that as a yes.

The Federal Government must also use its resources to procure and distribute masks.

While the President claims that he saved millions of lives, more people have died from the virus in the United States than in any other country on Earth.

When I was first elected to Congress, I was told by my State's Secretary of Commerce that until the water problems in my district were solved, there was little chance of attracting the levels of investments needed to improve the health…

What these communities do have is a Congressman who lives among them, interacts with them regularly, understands their needs, and has been elected by them to represent their needs.

I joined this august body back in 1993. At the time, the appropriations process allowed members to direct funds to activities and communities they deemed worthy.

We ought to pass that bill that's sitting out there floundering before we leave, the bill by Congressman Chabot to take that PPP money.

We had this administration to ask us to reopen schools. A lot of schools reopened, but according to my information, 21,000, 21,000 children and teachers contracted the virus: 21,000.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made clear that in-person learning presents the highest risk for spreading the virus compared to remote or hybrid school.

I suspect, Mr. Chairman, we would see a flourish in the economy with undertakers and cemeteries.

I would hope that we would hear the President apologizing to the American people for having misled us as to what China was doing.

We can get back there. Every income group was doing well, but, as Chairman Powell pointed out, the lowest income level groups were doing the best prior to COVID.

If they approve it, we all ought to celebrate that achievement because it would be historic for the world that quickly to get a vaccine approved.

That statement by Mr. Barr was the most ridiculous, tone deaf god awful things I've ever heard.