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.

Steny Hoyer

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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.

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.

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.

This is, I think, a moment where we ought to discuss it again.

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.

I reject ...that this is any kind of radical change.

The House doctor was concerned because the numbers in the District of Columbia are going up, not down.

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.