"Productivity by a handful is not the people's House."
"I think that is something that is really worth thinking about, and it probably has enriched the body."
"I have found that respect and affinity for one another is almost always enhanced from a positive face-to-face human interaction."
"The only purpose of proxy voting should be due to the ongoing health emergency, which no longer exists, in my opinion."
"The disrespect in our committee is not limited to interaction between Members either. We have had Members of our Democratic majority make fun of witnesses for their attire, lie in bed, and order and e..."
"A virtual format also deprives Members of full participation in committee hearings."
"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..."
"American taxpayers did not equip Congress with offices and technology for it not to be available or to be used."
"your Members squabbled for months on end over this process."
"Virtual legislation, I believe, has gone on long enough."
"I never thought I would have to say this, but committee proceedings are not a time to shave your face or brush your teeth, and they are certainly not a time to change your pants, but I have seen it al..."