Posted on 12/15/2020 7:24:23 PM PST by lowbridge
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday announced an expansion of the House floor mask requirement which will now preclude lawmakers from removing them while speaking before the cameras during the pandemic.
During a brief House pro forma session, Pelosi said while presiding over the chamber that lawmakers will be denied speaking time if they are not wearing a mask going forward.
"Masks will now be required at all times in the hall of the House without exception," Pelosi said. "To be clear, members will not be recognized unless they are wearing a mask and recognition will be withdrawn if they remove the mask while speaking."
"This is a matter of order and decorum," she added.
Pelosi implemented a mask requirement on the House floor in July after dozens of House Republicans continually refused to wear them, prompting concerns about spreading the coronavirus. Among them was Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), who tested positive at the time for COVID-19 after attending multiple committee hearings and voting on the floor without a mask.
Mask compliance became effectively universal once Pelosi enacted the requirement. Floor staffers also initially enforced the rule by telling members to pull up masks that were slipping under their noses.
But lawmakers were previously not required to keep their masks on while recognized to speak on the floor or in committees out of concerns that it could otherwise be difficult for people who have hearing issues to read lips while watching proceedings on television.
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The Empress has spoken.
Just one person ...
Want to see the goons rush over to tackle and bludgeon them for not wearing a mask and starting to give an excuse about freedom. Like that’s really gonna happen to Deep State DC types.
Who will stop her?
We are here. They are there. 330 million v 535 +++?
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Independence/Text-of-the-Declaration-of-Independence
pray for peace, prepare for war.
I feel for the person in charge of dictation. It will be like trying to understand the adults on the Peanuts specials.
Nancy should put a brown paper bag over her head.
How many times has this witch spoken on the floor without a mask?
A lot!
Does this rule apply when getting your hair done?
>>> How many times has this witch spoken on the floor without a mask?
How many times have they made and enforced rules they don’t follow themselves?
The Curka
Says the woman who illegally went to a closed hair salon without a mask, to get her hair done.
Nancy should put a brown paper bag over her head.
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Nancy should put a brown paper bag over “its” head.
Can’t wait for the day “it” croaks.
Shes gonna find it real hard not to be in charge of a gang in jail
When you speak with a mask on “you sounf lide thiff”
Hey Nancy, not everyone has a designer, color-coordinated mask for every day of the month.
I swear, she must have a Honduran seamstress locked in her basement.
She probably doesn’t even let her eat the fancy ice cream.
EVERY time.
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