Monday, January 4th, Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) voted no on Speaker Pelosi’s rules change for the 117th Congress of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Rules Package contains various provisions on how to govern the legislative branch functions. Congressman Pfluger released a statement in response:
“We are up against the most radical left-wing Democrat party, ever,” said Congressman Pfluger. “Speaker Pelosi is upending a century of tradition to silence the voices of Republicans, and is directly threatening common-sense conservative values.
“Democrats are stifling the voices of my constituents by not allowing Republicans to amend legislation on the House Floor. Millions of Americans are represented by Republicans in the U.S. House, and we deserve a vote on our ideas. The Rules are now twisted to pave the way for their socialist Green New Deal agenda. Any discussion of out-of-control spending will be off-the-table after changes to budget rules. And most alarmingly, the U.S. House prohibited the use of words like ‘Mother’ and ‘Grandfather,’ and yesterday, they ended the morning prayer with ‘Amen and A-woman.’ These are hardly the priorities of the American people or my constituents.
“This direct assault on our conservative way of life cannot be tolerated.”