"The overwhelming majority of people are back and are voting, are debating on the floor."
"I think obviously the proxy benefits the majority. The majority is making the rules."
"I don't believe 13 percent of the body has been dealing with COVID, but I will let other people reserve judgment on that to say we are back."
"I would take issue with saying that the constitutional requirement for quorum to then conduct business is a one-time start of the Congress thing."
"Some of us believe that it is unconstitutional and wrong to proxy vote."
"I believe it is unconstitutional. I have not voted by proxy."
"Today, The People's House was attacked which is an attack on the Republic itself. There is no excuse for it."
"Honestly, right now, for the next 18 months, our job is to do everything we can to slow that down to get to December 2022."
"The issue isn`t about shutdowns, it`s about whether or not members of this body will continue to use money. We don`t have to fund mandates indoctrination and the use of force against your citizens. I ..."
"I don`t vote for anything in the House of Representatives right now. 18 more months of chaos and the inability to get stuff done, that`s what we want."
"Congress needs to man up, stand up, and fight for the American people. And that means don`t fund a government that is tyrannically forcing people to get a vaccine that they don`t want to get."
"The one word that has been consistently missing from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle today is heartbeat."