Chip Roy Says Republicans Bought Marjorie Taylor Greene Vote

"Marjorie was given this vote this week to buy her vote on the National Defense Authorization Act. Everybody knows it. It happened right there on the floor of the House. The majority leader said, Marjorie, would you like to have your bill brought up to the floor? And guess what? Got a yes vote on a rule for the National Defense Authorization Act."

"And that's the kind of s**t that keeps happening around this institution all the time, including on our side of the aisle. And I'm sick of it. And I'm sick of what happened in the Judiciary Committee when we should have done it there. We should have addressed it in the Judiciary Committee. The people who are supposed to be vanguards of the Constitution."

"Republicans complain about it and then they'll offer milquetoast garbage like we're offering this week and then go home at Christmas and say, Look at what we're doing,' he said. We're campaigning on reducing healthcare.' Well, congratu-friggin-lations. At some point, people will look at this body and say, Maybe we should get rid of all 435 members of the House and 100 members of the Senate and start over because Congress is literally failing the American people."

Rep. Chip Roy accused House Republicans of exchanging legislative favors to purchase Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's vote for the National Defense Authorization Act by offering to bring her bill to the floor in return. Roy characterized the exchange as an example of ongoing political games within the institution and criticized Majority Leader Mike Johnson's role. Roy condemned the handling of the matter outside the Judiciary Committee and called committee guardianship of the Constitution into question. Roy also denounced a GOP-backed healthcare bill as insufficient after failure to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, warned Congress is failing the American people, and suggested radical change.

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