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We believe proxy voting is not only consistent with the Constitution but consistent with the responsibility a member has to express the view of their constituents -- whether or not they can get to Washington, House Democrats.

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Found on CNN 6 days ago Politics

I reject ...that this is any kind of radical change.

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Found on FOX News 17 days ago Politics

The House doctor was concerned because the numbers in the District of Columbia are going up, not down.

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Found on FOX News 1 month ago Latest Headlines

Nobody laments the loss of Soleimani, he was a vicious terrorist that caused a lot of loss of life. But no one ought to be surprised that when you do that, there's a response.

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Found on Reuters 4 months ago Politics

Read MoreLawmakers must use this additional time to fully fund the government before the end of the year.

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Found on CNN 6 months ago Politics

Well, I think there are hard views on both sides, and sadly, apparently, President Donald Trump was perhaps right when President Donald Trump said of President Donald Trump own supporters that President Donald Trump could shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and they would not require any accountability.

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Found on CNN 6 months ago Politics

I have served with six Presidents. I have been in many, many, many meetings like this, never have I seen a president treat so disrespectfully a co-equal branch of the government of the United States.

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Found on CNN 7 months ago Top News

Once we pass the (continuing resolution), hopefully no later than Friday (and) relatively early in the day, I'm hopeful that the Senate will take it up, that we'll have agreement and that we will send it to the president, that the president will sign it, the schedule will depend on when the CR can get done.

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Found on Reuters 8 months ago Politics

I thought the question was in regards to whether White House is actively considering articles of impeachment, which we are not at this time, i strongly support Chairman Jerry Nadler and The House Judiciary Committee as they proceed with their investigation' to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment to the full White House,' as the resolution states. It is critical that Congress have access to all of the relevant facts, and we will follow those facts wherever they lead, including impeachment.

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Found on CNN 8 months ago Top News

This is a version of a vile, anti-Semitic attack that for centuries has demanded that Jewish people demonstrate some kind of quid pro quo in return for being considered loyal citizens, it is also a dangerous subversion of our American principles that all are entitled to their own views.

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Found on CNN 9 months ago Politics

Not only was this request disrespectful of Rep. Tlaib but of the United States Congress as well, this matter is a self-inflicted wound by one of America's closest allies, one of our closest friends, and a vibrant democracy.

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Found on Reuters 9 months ago Top News

I am not worried.

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Found on CNN 9 months ago Top News

He doesn't have to vote for it, every senator will have to make their own decision. But not to bring it to the floor is an abdication of his responsibility to the American people.

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Found on CNN 9 months ago Politics

We haven't really discussed how to dispose of The House, i'm not gon na try to discourage him, you know, he has to do what he thinks is right.

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Found on CNN 10 months ago Top News

Thats fiscally totally irresponsible and a game, [Mulvaney]wants maximum pressure in September to squeeze down as hard as he can on non-defense discretionary spending.

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Found on FOX News 11 months ago Politics

We want to move on it as quickly as possible.

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Found on Reuters 11 months ago Politics

We don't want to do it just individually, you know, Individual A, Individual B, Individual C. We want to confront this refusal by the administration to cooperate with the constitutional mandate that the Congress has oversight, so we're discussing that, and we haven't made that decision yet. And we haven't gotten all the catalogs yet in terms of how many specific refusals there have been, and rather than try to deal with each one of them individually, we may deal with them collectively.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago US News

America is not going to welch on its debts and what it owes. So I think we ought not to use that as a political issue, but, and this is a big but, we need to avoid a crisis of shutting down the government as happened under the The Alabama Republican leadership in the last Congress, which bled over to this Congress. As a result, I am urging that we do both in a bipartisan, constructive way.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

Based on what we have seen to date, going forward on impeachment is not worthwhile at this point. Very frankly, there is an election in 18 months and the American people will make a judgment.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

Based on what we have seen to date, going forward on impeachment is not worthwhile at this point, very frankly, there is an election in 18 months and the American people will make a judgment.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

The American people are going to have to weigh what The American people thoughts are, because The American people made the decision as to who the President of the United States was going to be, while we have impeachment authority, we need to be very cognizant of what The American people believe.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

The carnage that we've seen perpetrated by gun violence over the last decade has heightened the American people's concern, and the bill that we're putting on the floor we believe has the support of 90 percent of the American people.

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Found on Reuters 1 year ago Top News

What I concluded is there is no crisis at the border. The issue ... will be whether there is a crisis of our constitutional adherence.

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Found on Reuters 1 year ago Top News

Am I sure of that ? No. Why ? Because he's changed his mind.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago US News

I don't expect that to be part of the negotiation.

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Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

It's what I expect from people who think they are authoritarian leaders of our government -- and it starts with the President of the United States.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Itis unbecoming of the president of the United States. But it is unfortunately a daily occurrence.

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Found on FOX News 1 year ago Politics

No, I dont think its officially off, we -- I had not seen the speakers letter. What she suggests is a real security problem unless weve opened up the government.So -- and we havent gotten a reply from the president and his thoughts. So its -- its not officially off. No.

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Found on FOX News 1 year ago Latest Headlines

Mr. Deripaska has been key to much of the malign activities Russia directs against the United States, and the Congress must protect the American people against foreign interference and corruption.

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Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

Republicans have taken very strong action, which I applaud them for and I think they did the right thing, i think they're very concerned about their party being perceived as a Steve King party, frankly.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

The answer is yes.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Given the now well-documented election fraud that took place in NC-09, Democrats would object to any attempt by Mr. Harris to be seated on January 3, in this instance, the integrity of our democratic process outweighs concerns about the seat being vacant at the start of the new Congress.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

If we don't, it's going to be very early on in our agenda next year.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I think it's an interesting idea. I think members want to make sure that we can elect a speaker and elect a speaker that has broad support, and that's what their objective is, i think that objective is a good objective.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Something to make it clear that we don't have our nominee going to the floor with a small marginal victory( in the caucus) but with something more substantial, in other words, something that's doable, but maybe not 218.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

President Trump’s characterization of his administration’s botched response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria as ‘incredibly successful’ and ‘one of the best jobs that’s ever been done’ is offensive to the families of the nearly 3,000 Americans who were killed and the countless more who suffered for months without power or running water, he ought to apologize, and Congress ought to investigate what went wrong with the Trump Administration’s response and identify steps to ensure it does not happen again.

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Found on FOX News 1 year ago Politics

Surely we can rise above pandering to party and Putin to act on behalf of our freedom and our security.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

We’re not falling for this trap, to vote ‘present’ on this resolution reflects fear.

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Found on FOX News 1 year ago Latest Headlines

We know that in vast numbers of cases, there is not proper representation.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I think that's -- it's not appropriate.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

After ballooning deficits to over a trillion dollars a year for the next decade ... Republicans cannot be taken seriously when they claim we need to cut $15 billion from key programs in the name of fiscal responsibility.

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Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

It’s a concern about having a Democrat in the final two, we are focused on that and trying to make sure that we have at least one, maybe two, that really we think are viable. In some areas, we have like five or six Democrats and two or three Republicans and that makes it challenging.

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

What is really important from our perspective is making sure that we have a Democrat that can win in districts that are tough, we pretty much key off what the locals think is the strongest position we can be in.

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

I urged them to read it.

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Found on Reuters 2 years ago Top News

We’re not going to fall short of a majority, so I do n’t really have to consider that.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I’ve always demurred on that question being a contingency, i think the omnibus needs to be considered on its own merits and that we ought to move ahead on DACA.

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

When he became Speaker [Ryan said] that they were going to take the tough issues head on, what is he afraid of?

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

We have 10-and-one-half days before we have another crisis in funding our government.

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

We do the right thing, it is unacceptable, because we do the right thing, to be held hostage to bad policies because ‘ you Democrats will do the right thing and while we do, we House Republicans, will do the wrong thing. We will shut down the government as they have. ’ We are not going to be held hostage by doing the right thing, either.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I don’t want to get there.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I believe this is an issue that we can quickly resolve, and I hope that Republican leadership will work with us to address this issue and bring the bill to the Floor for a strong, bipartisan vote this week.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

They had time to figure it out, they haven't figured it out.

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Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

The Republicans have bitten off a very large piece of policy that I don’t know that they can chew, swallow and get a result.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

The voter needs to follow through on their conviction. If they think that they want this legislation, they ought to stop voting for people who oppose it.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

We had 217 people for non-discrimination right up until the last moment.

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Found on Reuters 4 years ago US News

Ryan was 11 months Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he offered no bill. He’s been talking about tax reform for most of the time he was here.

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Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

The Syrian refugee bill I don't expect to be in there. If it were in there, that would be a different issue.

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Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

There is no final deal at this point in time.

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Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

It's a terrible, inefficient, wrong way to run the government of the United States.

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Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We're trying to work toward a responsible solution that is doable.

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Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

It's not our responsibility to try to solve their division.

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Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I think that in some respects, they resonated those concerns, i think the concerns are pretty universal, and the president would say, 'Yes, I have those concerns myself, but this is not a perfect answer, but this is the best answer at this time.'.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

I intend to go back and spend a week with my family, but after that to give this very careful consideration, because I think it's one of the more important decisions that I will be asked to make as a member of Congress.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

In the short time that we have available, it would be not possible to consider that bill in any depth, certainly the Senate doesn't expect us to take a 1,000-page bill and just, you know, no questions asked and pass it and send it to the president.

– Steny Hoyer

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines