My focus has been on what we need to do to take back the House GOP, we need to flip a lot more seats that are currently held by Democrats, switching them to Republican, so we can fire( Speaker Nancy) Pelosi. Steve Scalise More Quotes by Steve Scalise More Quotes From Steve Scalise What I said is there are states that didn't follow their legislatively set rules. Steve Scalise It seems like any member of Congress you talk to, Republican or Democrat, they've got some kind of frustration with that relationship on the ground with the Corps of Engineers because of how projects work and come out of Washington with a lot of red tape, i'm going to be fighting to make sure they're not left behind, but it's a valid concern that gets raised in times like this. Steve Scalise And just like we have some primary infighting on our side, the Democrats have a lot of primary infighting on their side. Steve Scalise I'm against the far-left $ 5 trillion tax hike and Green New Deal scheme masquerading as an infrastructure bill. Steve Scalise Too often we've seen this pattern by Speaker Pelosi of trying to cover up a narrative that she doesn't want out there when we should be trying to get all of the facts. Steve Scalise I would hope she would look at the actions that Speaker Nancy Pelosi took that were unprecedented and in fact go against what Liz Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said and step down from the committee because it has no credibility and why would anybody want to be associated with that ? Steve Scalise I had the antibodies but ultimately with this new Delta variant you're seeing, I've toured a lot of hospitals in the last few weeks and you're seeing the cases go up. Steve Scalise It seems like Speaker( Nancy) Pelosi just wants to go with more of a defund police approach, where they go after qualified immunity, which would really be devastating to police officers on the beat. Steve Scalise No, it's a protection for good cops, and why would you want to undermine that ? Steve Scalise Republicans are not going to stand idly by. Next week, Republicans on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus will be having a hearing into the origins of COVID-19, that'll happen Tuesday, we've invited many respected doctors, scientists, as well as members of Congress who have been investigating this on their own to come forward and testify. Steve Scalise Pelosi won’t do it. Steve Scalise They are covering for China right now, it’s a Soviet-style cover-up. We’re going to keep calling them out on it. Steve Scalise He went there to kill Republicans, and he had a list of Republicans in his pocket, he specifically asked if that was the Republican practice before he went back and got his guns and came out. He didn't know the security detail with me were cops, because they were plainclothes officers. Steve Scalise It's not about right or wrong, it's about the focus of our conference, and focusing on pushing back on the agenda that's being pushed by the Biden administration. Steve Scalise It's not about right or wrong, it's about the focus of Conservative Political Action Conference, and focusing on pushing back on the agenda that's being pushed by the Biden administration. Steve Scalise This idea that you just disregard President Trump is not where we are, and, frankly, he has a lot to offer still. Steve Scalise I was shot by a deranged leftist who came to the baseball field with a list of congressional Republicans to kill, this was not ‘suicide by cop.’ End of story. Steve Scalise I haven't heard any Democrats speaking out against what Maxine has said, and it's time for Democrats to speak out when they see it on both sides, they only want to speak out on one side of the aisle, not on both, and that hypocrisy, I think, is starting to shine through. Steve Scalise President Trump used the words peaceful, ... I haven't heard Maxine saying anything about peacefully protesting. She's talking about violence. Steve Scalise There is no caucus that they’ve formed. ... I think what Marjorie said was a staffer wrote that [caucus platform document]... She said she’s not pursuing that, there is no member of Congress who said they are creating that kind of caucus. Steve Scalise