The House Must Get Back to Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced the House of Representatives would not be returning the week of May 4th, in a reversal of their announcement yesterday:

"The American people are looking to their leaders for steady guidance, yet Speaker Pelosi and her House majority would rather draft bills in secret than lead our country's reopening by showing that we can safely get back to work in Congress. Just as we're watching essential workers in so many segments of our economy perform their jobs every day, we need Congress to start working again on the growing list of areas that need our focus, like holding China accountable for their failures to disclose the truth about this virus, as well as the need to bring America's supply chain back from China so we don't rely on them for PPE and so many key ingredients for life-saving drugs.

"If President Trump and Senate Republicans can be in Washington working safely, there's no reason for House Democrats to prevent us from doing the same."