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Floor Speech

Date: April 1, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Mr. Speaker, the Speaker is a Member of this body. There are 435 of us, and the petition process exists so that the other 434 of us have a little bit of power so that if there is an idea that we want to bring to the Chamber, one person can't stop it.

The petition process is about us. It is about the Members, but people are feeling all sorts of kingly these days in D.C. It has been reported that leadership is bribing Members to vote ``no'' so they can have their bills moved and get spots on committees.

I don't understand. The Freedom Caucus just owns you guys. They just own the Republicans. The last time they took you hostage, they removed a Speaker.

Literally, the Freedom Caucus could teach a clinic on Speaker hostage taking. If you don't like the bill, vote against it. Is the Freedom Caucus the only one with power? Is Chip Roy the only one who sits in these seats with power?

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Mr. MOSKOWITZ. The Representative from Texas, Mr. Speaker. Is that all right?

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Mr. MOSKOWITZ. I will refer to him as Representative of Texas. I didn't realize the snowflake thing was a problem.

Mr. Speaker, I don't know that anyone should lecture us on working. The American people work harder than us. We are here only 3 days a week. I mean, you want to talk about working, you guys are not even showing up for your townhalls, so I don't know that you should be lecturing us about working.

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