Mike Gallagher actually said...

"They are abusing proxy voting so they can have a longer weekend, right? Because it is an inconvenience to come to D.C."

"This has almost assuredly been at least a contributing factor to the rise of raw partisanship we see in the Congress today, where toxicity amongst political ideas or ideologies has become the norm."

"We haven't declared war. That is a constitutional requirement. We have not declared war."

"Unfortunately, we seem to have fewer and fewer of these opportunities today, and proxy voting only exacerbates the situation."