I like your reaction, but I--we think that's good public policy.

But on the other hand, it almost invites some people, politically, to seize on that and say, Good, that's how we're going to fund the government.

The hope was, well, this would be a temporary----

It was only after he got criticized on a right-wing television that he abruptly changed his mind and pulled the plug.

Federal contractors and their families should not be penalized for a government shutdown they did nothing to cause.

Why can't I go back to work and do my job?

I think we have to look at that, Mr. Berteau.

they were pawns in this political battle which they really didn't understand.

I think we have an opportunity here to be fairly comprehensive and systematic.

the loss of this income----

President Trump used nearly 800,000 Federal employees as pawns in what I consider to be a ruthless attempt to fulfill a wrong-headed political promise.

So the loss of this income----

I hope that the press that's here has captured the human impact of a 35-day government shutdown.

It was one ego that caused this to happen over an issue that was unrelated to the funding of the government: the wall.

H.R. 1 would take significant amounts of the decisionmaking of how we apply and how we exercise our voting from the state and move it to the Federal level.

I think that the Chief Justice was correct in the ruling in Shelby, and I think that it is correct that the Voting Rights Act preclearance requirement that that case addressed, being based wrongly on at that time 40-plus-year-old data…

Despite this constitutional authority, the majority wishes to exert more Federal bureaucracy over each state's authority over local elections.

Thank you to Chairman DeFazio and Ranking Member Graves for hosting a Member Day to hear from Members on their transportation and infrastructure priorities.

I wish I could believe that. I have got to wonder why the Administration will not meet the challenge head-on.

We are being outplayed around the world and here on our home court.

That is why I have introduced, along with members of the DC-area delegation, the Metro Accountability and Investment Act (MAIA).

The fact that such behavior is not illegal should be a call for Congress to act.

I renew my demand that the Russian government end this charade and release Paul Whelan back to his family.

For all these reasons, Congress has consistently appropriated dedicated federal funding for WMATA, recognizing the special responsibility the federal government must help 'America's Subway' fulfill these functions safely and reliably.

I believe that we can pass similar legislation again, and take it to the floor of the House to get it passed this year.