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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I don’t know that we’re going to leave until we decide what we’re doing with these bills.

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.

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.

I'm bringing the bill to the floor on Monday.

Both bills are going to pass.

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.

We had a discussion and they have concerns, and we're trying to meet those concerns.

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.

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.

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.

When Alaska and Hawaii were admitted not too far apart.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rodney, we’re all going through the magnetometers. All of us.

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.

( 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.