Congressman George Latimer has been updating his district through his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RepGLatimer where he also posts short videos explaining his views on the issues of the day
On Tuesday, April 1, the House of Representatives shut down for business for the week when 9 republicans joined with all of the House Democrats to vote against a Rule to conduct business. The normally non controversial Rule Vote was blocked on April 1 becuase several House Republicans, including Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, wanted to force a House vote which would have allowed new parents the ability to vote by proxy, or remotely.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was not happy stating, “If a career in politics doesn’t work out for me, I have ample credentials to work at a circus,”
Westchester Democratic Congressman George Latimer commented on the shut down “The April fools joke played here in the House of Represenatives is that all business has stopped.”
“The republican majority has a disagreement over a rule that would allow women members to be able to vote by proxy when they are in the period of time right after giving birth to a child. That seems to be a very reasonable thing to do on behalf of women and on behalf of their supportive husbands or partners.
“But this battle, because there is no agreement, has shut down all business. These are the type of things that are happening in Washington that are very discouraging. We want to work as a democrat in the minority alongside the majority to work through the differences we have and try to come up with solutions to issues that are important to us. We care about improving the economy. We care about securing our border.”
“We’re not doing that if we are not doing our work,” said Latimer.
