House Republicans argue the House mask policy is arbitrary as four lawmakers are fined; Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called out members of Congress who have selfishly refused to get vaccinated and said coronavirus mask mandates will remain in place until the anti-shot holdouts get jabbed. They are selfishly an endangerment to other people, including staff people here, Pelosi said Thursday of her colleagues who haven t been vaccinated. We have a responsibility to make sure the House of Representatives chamber is not a petri dish, she added during her weekly news conference at the Capitol.
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Rep. Brian Mast Tells Tucker Carlson He Won t Play Pelosi s Stupid Game on Mask Fines
On 5/14/21 at 9:48 PM EDT
Republican Congressman Brian Mast of Florida had harsh words Friday evening for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s decision to keep fining House members who don t wear facemasks.
Mast, a guest on Tucker Carlson s Fox News opinion show Friday said, I m just not going to play her stupid game that falls somewhere between dog and pony shows, smoke and mirrors and pure manipulation, speaking about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s decision to keep the mandate in effect in Congress.
Mast made these comments in response to Carlson asking why he stood up at the House podium during an unrelated vote and said, Madam Speaker, as the member designated for the representative from Florida Brian Mast. I asked that, given the updated CDC guidance, we all take off these stupid masks.
April 29, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. Good morning. A good morning it is today.
Today, we celebrate 100 Days of the Biden-Harris Administration. In that time, working together, Democrats have made historic progress to defeat the pandemic and to address the economic crisis, administering over 200 million doses of medicine – the President had 100 million as his goal, and we’ve exceeded 200 million shots – delivering over 160 million checks and putting $1 trillion into workers’ pockets.
And we ve made historic progress to Build Back Better, cutting child poverty in half. Imagine – in the Rescue package initiative to cut child poverty in half, delivering health care to an additional 800,000 Americans through the ACA, because of the provisions in the Rescue package that enables more