[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 204 (Thursday, December 3, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              PROXY VOTING

  (Mr. BIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I will tell you that I have sat here and 
listened to some of the 1 minutes from my friends across the aisle, and 
they are talking about the need for COVID relief.
  Apparently, to get COVID relief, you have got to have cannabis. You 
have got to have pot. That is the Democrats' version of COVID relief 
this week.
  But they don't feel like they all need to be here to deal with this 
issue, so they are going to mail it in. They are going to phone in 
their votes, and, quite frankly, in a most disturbing and 
unconstitutional manner.
  Mr. Speaker, we can be here; they should be here. If this meant 
everything that they say it does, they would show up. They would show 
up and vote.
  We could have had committee hearings, for Pete's sakes. We could have 
committee hearings where we could discuss and debate. We would have 
floor debates with open rules. And you know what? People would show up.

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