Providing for Consideration of H. Res. Removing A Certain Member From Certain Standing Committees of the House of Representatives
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Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, about a month ago, 3 weeks ago, I suspended my social media accounts, my personal social media accounts. I did so because social media is pretty much consuming the way we govern.
And I will just say, why are we governing by sound bite? Why are we governing by looking back at what somebody said on Twitter or Facebook?
This is a body that is called under the Constitution to meet on the floor of the United States House of Representatives--not by proxy, by the way--and to sit here and debate, and to debate the important issues of the day.
A few weeks ago, I was proud to stand with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to condemn what occurred on January 6. I joined with some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to disagree on the issue of objections.
And then to have a Member on the other side of the aisle attack my former boss and friend, Senator Ted Cruz, and basically accuse him of being an attempted murderer? I asked that that statement be stricken and there be an apology for it. I didn't ask that somebody be stripped from their committeeships. I didn't ask that they be censured. I tried to engage with that colleague--have and will. And then this last weekend, I had a statement directed at me, accusing me of the worst kind of horrific act.
Where is this body going to go, ladies and gentlemen? Now, we are here in the first few weeks of this Congress attacking a freshman Member, who is addressing the concerns of statements that I take issue with, that a number of my colleagues on this side of the aisle take issue with, and you are going to unilaterally strip her of a committee assignment.
This is not the people's House anymore. I made this statement yesterday on the budget reconciliation.
I had a great conversation with the distinguished majority leader today about our need to restore regular order. And I would just ask my colleagues that we remove this.
I made a motion to adjourn because we shouldn't be wasting the time of this body attacking a Member of this body. This will not end well.
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