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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Sunday dismissed the tensions that simmered as the House voted for its Speaker, saying Capitol Hill needs conflict to bring lawmakers to the debate table. "Let's remember that a little temporary conflict is necessary in this town in order to stop this town from rolling over the American people," Roy told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." "I don't think anybody, on either side of the aisle, could say with a straight face that they think that Washington is doing good work for the American people on a regular basis and isn't broken. We have to work to fix this place," Roy said. |
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"The process that we went through … was quite healthy from the standpoint of getting all of these issues resolved now," Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) said on ABC's "This Week" with host George Stephanopoulos. |
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Sunday called animosity within the GOP in the recent race for Speaker "pointless" after Republican holdouts blocked Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from taking the top House leadership slot until the 15th round of voting. |
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Sunday apologized for calling his fellow House GOP colleagues "terrorists" amid a tense election for Speaker. |
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she is nervous about possible "backroom deals" that were cut in negotiations that secured Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the gavel, saying she is considering holding back her support of a House rules package. |
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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday didn't rule out the possibility of a motion to vacate the Speakership being put forward during this Congress after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) secured the top House leadership slot. |
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"Clearly we are going to have strong disagreements at times. But we can agree to disagree without being disagreeable. That is what I believe the American people would like to see in terms of a functional House, a functional Senate, a functional government," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said. |
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"It is exactly the American people and the solutions they need to meet the challenges that were completely left out of the Speaker's chaos we saw this week. It not only endangered our country's national security, but it also showed that the keys have been handed over to extremists," House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." |
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"The first time Trump spoke out and kind of pushed these members, people ignored him," former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) said on NBC's "Meet The Press." "Some of them even vocally said 'we don't really care.'" |
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"I think we'll get the 218 votes we need to pass the rules package," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said on "Fox News Sunday" with Shannon Bream. "What this rules package is designed to do is to stop what we saw happen literally 15 days ago when the Democrats passed a $1.7 trillion monstrosity of a bill." |
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"What we are seeing… is an historic refugee crisis in our Western Hemisphere, and our infrastructure is outdated," Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) said on CBS News's "Face The Nation." "Our processes are outdated, and the border has for too long been used as a political prop. We all have to come together and solve this once and for all." |
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said ahead of President Joe Biden's first visit to the southern border that Congress must act on legislation to strengthen border enforcement and bolster the country's asylum processing infrastructure. |
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