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Chairman McGovern Urges Passage Resolution Temporarily Implementing Remote Voting and Virtual Committee Proceedings
Ensures Congress Can Continue Legislating During the Coronavirus Pandemic
"Convening Congress must not turn into a super-spreader event"
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement today after the introduction of H.Res 965, which would temporarily implement remote voting on the House Floor and virtual committee proceedings during the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) released the following statement in response to a proposal made by Republicans on the Virtual Congress Task Force:
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The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 1526 – No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 [Rule Markup Only]
- H.R. 22 – Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act [Rule Markup Only]
- S.J. Res. 18 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions’’. [Rule Markup Only]
- S.J. Res. 28 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications’’. [Rule Markup Only]
The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 1526 – No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025
- H.R. 22 – Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
- S.J. Res. 18 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions’’.
- S.J. Res. 28 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications’’.
The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, March 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 1048 – Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act
- H.J. Res. 24 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".
- H.J. Res. 75 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers".
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