Today there have been a number of items that people on our side have been concerned about with respect to the Speaker's order with respect to masks. We all understand the importance of safety and keeping people healthy, but the orders that came out today put some concern into our staff members about what they can choose to do and empowering and putting our police in a tough spot of figuring out what to do to enforce these orders. So part of the question here is an important one, and we don't want to head out into August with this hanging over the head of the police and our staff. That is why I have been objecting and forcing some more time. At this point, I am going to go ahead and move on and withdraw my reservation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman withdraws his reservation of objection. ____________________
Chip Roy: “Today there have been a number of items that people on our side have been concerned about with respect to the Speaker's…”
On the recordJuly 29, 2021
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