by jpitney | Jul 29, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Katherine Tully-McManus at Politico: “I WILL PRAY FOR YOU” — If you’re looking for a breath of fresh air when the partisan rancor and personal acrimony grows stifling on Capitol Hill, it might be time to check out the Select Committee (no, not that select committee)...
by jpitney | Jul 28, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives, Insurrection
Text of the Statement: Thank you very much, Chairman Thompson. Thank you to all of my colleagues on this committee, and thank you to each of the witnesses appearing before us today. It is because of you — you held the line, you defended all of us, you defended the...
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2021 | Appropriations, Bipartisanship, California Politics, Civility, Congress, House of Representatives, Uncategorized
Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in honor of former California Congressman Jerry Lewis. Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Mr. Calvert, for calling this Special Order in honor of our former...
by jpitney | Jul 19, 2021 | Congress, House of Representatives
Nicholas Fandos at The New York Times: When the House revamped its rules in the early days of the pandemic to allow lawmakers to vote remotely, Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina was among 161 Republicans who sued to block the arrangement, arguing that it...
by jpitney | Jul 1, 2021 | Congress, Coronavirus, Deliberation, House of Representatives
Don Wolfsenberger at The Hill: Just before adjournment on Monday, the House Clerk read a letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms declaring, after consultation with the Attending Physician, that the pandemic health emergency remains in effect, thereby extending to mid-August...
by jpitney | Jun 12, 2021 | Civility, Congress, House of Representatives
Olympia Snowe and Tom Daschle at The Hill: We have followed the work of the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress with great interest. Since serving together in the United States Senate, both of us have been focused on the kinds of reforms...
