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I believe that it is time for me . . . to continue my service in a different role, therefore, I have decided not to seek elected leadership in the 118th Congress.
Found on FOX News 20 days ago
I was talking to Kevin McCarthy about seeing if we could fix this problem, and Kevin McCarthy comment was Kevin McCarthy had no intention of fixing any problems.
Found on CNN 6 months ago
It can result in difficulty finding employment, difficulty finding housing, denial of access of federal benefits, denial of financial aid at colleges and universities, and denial of the right to vote, that's why Brian Mast and Matt Gaetz're dealing with this.
Found on CNN 8 months ago
In order to get things done … you need two parties, it takes two to tango.
Found on FOX News 10 months ago
No matter how hard the President of the United States works, if one party is determined, for political reasons, to oppose something because it would give a success or a victory to the President of the United States, that is very shortsighted and harms the country, you're not harming Joe Biden personally. What you're harming is the country.
Found on FOX News 10 months ago
I didn't take it as a profound, sort of long, thought-out strategy, he was looking at options because at that point, he was holding the president responsible.
Found on CNN 10 months ago
I expect to bring to the floor a continuing resolution as early as tomorrow to keep the government funded.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Mr. McCarthy said he thought she wanted to apologize, i called Mr. McCarthy back and I said I don't think that will be a productive conversation.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kinzinger have shown great courage to call out and criticize and ask accountability for language such as Ms. Boebert used.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy wants to do House GOP in the dead of night, we are going to do House GOP in the day.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
House Democrats wants to do it in the middle of the night. We're going to do it in the light of day.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don’t know that we’re going to leave until we decide what we’re doing with these bills.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The House will aim to consider the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back Better Act this work period i hope to bring both of those bills to the floor next week, if they're ready.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I hope to bring both of those bills to the floor next week, if they're ready.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I intend to bring the Build Back Better Act to the Floor next week, as we move forward into help Americans build back better and stronger from this pandemic.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
My expectation is that we will vote on it today, we want to send it over to the Senate, and give the Senate an opportunity to consider it, figure out what they're going to do and they may send it back to us, at which point in time we will have to make a determination, but we want to pass that bill.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We had a discussion and they have concerns, and we're trying to meet those concerns.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The difference is, and this is the key, they both believe in the truth, that ought not to be a partisan issue. Truth ought to be an intellectually honest pursuit, and that's what Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are going to do.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Now we’re not wearing masks, we’re going to have to decide…whether or not prudence demands that we go back to wearing masks.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
First of all, we have a president of the United States who says he wants to sign this bill, secondly, we have a majority leader of the United States Senate who says he wants to see this bill passed. So, we’re not in the same position we were last year.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It is, however, irresponsible to take Chair Waters’ remarks out of context to just hold a ‘gotcha,’ partisan vote, if ‘confrontation’ is subject to sanction, then we’re going to have a lot of people on your side who we believe are confrontational every day.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We'll see what House Judiciary Committee does and at that point in time, I'll start to think about, what, what we'll do.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I spoke to Kevin McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a Floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I spoke to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments, the Rules Committee will meet this afternoon, and Democratic House will vote on the resolution tomorrow.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I spoke to Leader McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a Floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments.
Found on Reuters 1 year ago
I spoke to Leader McCarthy this morning, and it is clear there is no alternative to holding a Floor vote on the resolution to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments, the Rules Committee will meet this afternoon, and Republican House will vote on the resolution tomorrow.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Rodney, we’re all going through the magnetometers. All of us.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Let me say our main message is that the Constitution is clear. The results of the election are clear. The conclusion of courts of the land is clear, and I expect, without a doubt, that the report of the Electoral College and the 306 electoral votes that Mr. Biden got will be confirmed at the end of this process.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
( House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) and I spent a lot of time on the phone together. And I am very hopeful that next week, we will be able to act on substantial relief.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am hopeful that in the next few days that we will be able to come to an agreement on a bill that responds to the major crisis, at least in the short term.
Found on Reuters 2 years ago
What the speaker is saying and what I would reiterate is that we are going to be voting on a piece of legislation as soon as we can get to a deal, as soon as we can get to something that will pass.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think the Problem Solvers are lower than would be a responsible deal, but I think their ideas are useful and maybe it will encourage our Republican friends to come up.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is, I think, a moment where we ought to discuss it again.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The House doctor was concerned because the numbers in the District of Columbia are going up, not down.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Read MoreLawmakers must use this additional time to fully fund the government before the end of the year.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
What I concluded is there is no crisis at the border. The issue ... will be whether there is a crisis of our constitutional adherence.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Itis unbecoming of the president of the United States. But it is unfortunately a daily occurrence.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If we don't, it's going to be very early on in our agenda next year.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Surely we can rise above pandering to party and Putin to act on behalf of our freedom and our security.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We’re not falling for this trap, to vote ‘present’ on this resolution reflects fear.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We know that in vast numbers of cases, there is not proper representation.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We’re not going to fall short of a majority, so I do n’t really have to consider that.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
When he became Speaker [Ryan said] that they were going to take the tough issues head on, what is he afraid of?
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We have 10-and-one-half days before we have another crisis in funding our government.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
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.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They had time to figure it out, they haven't figured it out.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We had 217 people for non-discrimination right up until the last moment.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Syrian refugee bill I don't expect to be in there. If it were in there, that would be a different issue.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's a terrible, inefficient, wrong way to run the government of the United States.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
We're trying to work toward a responsible solution that is doable.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
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.'.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
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.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
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.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I'm not sure that it's politically disadvantageous to members, i think the American public may well agree with the president on this.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
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