Rep. Andrew Clyde released the following statement on April 23rd, 2021:

“Today I was alerted to the news that two of my Democratic colleagues, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, were revealed to have bypassed security screening while entering the House Floor.

As my colleagues know, I was fined $15,000 in February for a so-called violation of the House’s unconstitutional H.Res. 73 and my appeal was denied by the House Committee on Ethics earlier this month.

Members of Congress take an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and I would like to be the first to invite Speaker Pelosi and Whip Clyburn to join my lawsuit to fight this egregious and unconstitutional House rule in federal court.”