On the recordFebruary 11, 2025
Has anybody gotten the appropriate security clearances? Have they told us what they are going to do with it? What of Article I? We are Article I of the Constitution. Americans elected us to represent them, 300 million Americans, and the President of the United States says that he does not have to--Mr. Speaker, I realize that I am not supposed to mention his name. I didn't mention his name, but Mr. Speaker, I associate myself with the words of the gentlewoman from New Mexico, this is not normal. We are not having a normal session. Mr. Speaker, the House is on fire. The House is on fire. There is nothing legal or constitutional that is going on. We have unelected billionaires running the country. We have a President who is pardoning violent criminals. I suppose if they ignore the court orders, he will just have his daily list of people that he will pardon, so they can continue. {time} 1445 Mr. Speaker, the House is on fire. The insurrection is continuing, and it is affecting you whether you are a Head Start child out there who needs it, a senior in a nursing home who will get inadequate care-- you are going to be lying in your feces for 10 hours because they are cutting Medicaid--or a farmer who has not gotten your USDA funding. The House is on fire. If you are a Social Security recipient, they have gone in and created a back door to your data. They know your bank account number. The House is on fire, you-all. We need to stop acting like things are normal. It is not normal.
