“We ran on an agenda to change the way Washington works, to fix this broken system, to get our country back on track.
And we were awarded the majority by the people across this country. And so today starts that process of fixing what's broken in Washington so that Washington can finally start working for the people of this country who are struggling.’
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'We are, after all, the people's house. It's about time we start acting like it. Let's pass this rules package, get to work address the needs of the American people. I urge passage of this important piece of legislation."
(Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana , Majority Leader)
"What's become crystal clear over the past in fact what has been clear is how much the republican party has been hijacked by the MAGA faction. A faction not interested in governing but in their own egos... Now here we are, nearly a week later, considering their deeply flawed rules package.
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These rules are not a serious attempt at governing, they're a ransom note to America from the extreme right. The same members of congress who held this body hostage last week are the ones who ran interference for the January 6 insurrectionists who tried to overturn a free and fair election.'
(Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts, Rules Committee Ranking Member)
Related: House Republicans vow to instill fiscal sanity in Congress and hold Biden administration accountable, https://youtu.be/36nwSSEzpzA
