"Productivity by a handful is not the people's House."
"We all take an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States."
"I believe my constituents sent me here to vote for them, and I believe that."
"We have an obligation to defend the Constitution."
"Proxy voting has been a disaster that has torn this institution apart, and I will continue to believe that because I have witnessed it, and we have all witnessed it."
"That is disenfranchising and that it is causing distrust in the institution."
"That is a very big statement. That is a debatable statement, one we ought to be debating."
"We break down the human interactions when we blow up the whole point of us coming together as Congress."
"I think if you read the text of the Constitution, words like 'meeting,' 'assemble,' 'attendance,' 'present,' 'absent,' 'recess,' 'sitting,' 'seat,' it clearly requires a Member of Congress to be actua..."
"I think it is just about the truth. Because when you proxy vote...you have to sign a piece of paper that says, I am unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing publ..."
"How can you maintain the integrity of the institution if you are institutionalizing lies?"