Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) explained how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) could reconvene the House while implementing social distancing and other safety measures regarding the coronavirus, pointing to the White House and various businesses as illustrations of such operations. He offered his remarks on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
“What is the logic behind the Congress staying home at this moment [and] not coming back to Washington?” asked Marlow.
Scalise replied, “For whatever reason, Speaker Pelosi and her majority want to just sit back in San Francisco or wherever else they’re at and write bills in secret.”
Last week, the House of Representatives carried out votes on legislation in small groups to reduce risks of coronavirus transmission. Scalise said, “We showed last week [how] Congress can come back to work safely. This is not about trading off safety. It’s about being smart. We had a vote where it took a little over an hour, and we were able to bring everybody into the House Chamber in groups, so there were no more than ten people around voting at any particular moment. Everybody was socially distancing.”
Congress should prioritize the “full, safe recovery and reopening of our economy,” Scalise stated, “That’s what Congress should be doing, leading by example, working with President Trump, who’s there in the White House working himself with his whole team and still getting the job done safely. … Why can’t Congress be doing the same thing? Speaker Pelosi, I think, dropped the ball on this.”
People showing up to work next week:
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) April 29, 2020
– Healthcare professionals
– Grocery store clerks
– Scientists
– Farmers
– Truckers
– Police Officers
– Manufacturers
– @realDonaldTrump
– The Senate
People NOT showing up to work next week:
– House Democrats
Tells you all you need to know.
Congress has a growing list to work on—but Pelosi would rather draft bills in secret than get back to work & lead America.
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) April 28, 2020
Essential workers everywhere are doing their jobs. @realDonaldTrump is doing his. The Senate will be working in DC next week. Pelosi’s House should be too.
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