God. Mr. Rogers congratulations, let your mike johnson said we went through a little bit of suffering and character building but are ready to deliver results to the American People. This is just over 10 minutes. On behalf of the House Republican conference, we are unified and so proud to have elected mike johnson as speaker of the peoples house. As many of you heard and the American People heard, i meant every word that i said on the house floor, ive had the opportunity to work with mike johnson as vice chair and i was so humbled and honored to nominate him. Mike epitomizes servant leadership. He is humble, but he is strong. He is well respected, not only across this conference but across this great nation. And we know this. We know that we were sent here on behalf of the American People to serve as their voice, to stand up for them to push back on the failed far left agenda of single Party Democrat rule led by joe biden. So we are here unified in strength to reopen the peoples house and im so excited to turn it over to my colleague, tom emmer from minnesota, our whip. Ok. Thank you, elise. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for bearing with us. I know its been a long few weeks from an outside point of view. These last few weeks probably looked like total chaos, confusion, no end in sight. But from my perspective, this is one of the greatest experiences in recent history in the recent history of our republic. While speakers races for the last 100 years have been conducted behind closed doors filled with political promises and tyrannical threats against anyone who would not fall in line. The speakers races under our House Republican majority have been open, honest, transparent, and a true display of what democracy looks like in action. It took a while for us to get here. But our conference has shown that we achieved tremendous success when we worked together as a team and i couldnt be more proud to be part of this team with our new speaker of the house, mike johnson leading the way. Mike is a strong man of faith, a constitutional conservative and a fierce fighter for a republican common sense agenda. He has been a leading force on the Judiciary Committee where he has defended americans individual liberties while fighting back against the democrats radical agenda and the biden familys culture of corruption. He has been an important leader in our conference for nearly three years as vice chairman and as speaker, i know mike will keep our majority united as we continue to deliver on the commitments weve made to our constituents. We had some challenging times around here. These last few weeks, but our country has endured challenging times before and i have zero doubt that we will, again, not only will we survive, were going to come out stronger and better because of it. And the American People can be rest assured that with Speaker Mike Johnson at the helm, our House Republican majority will keep fighting to unapologetically stand with israel, rein in washingtons reckless spending, secure our border and force the Biden White House and Schumer Senate along with us as we govern. Yep, if these last few weeks have proven anything, its that we will never stop fighting, we will never give up. And i firmly believe that with House Republicans now united and ready to get back to work. As our new speaker elect said, our best days lie ahead. And with that, im going to introduce the other legend from louisiana, our majority leader, steve scalise. Thank you. Well, well, this is a great day. Well, well, this is a great day. This is a day thats been coming for a long time. You know, if you think about whats happened these last three weeks, while a lot of people outside of washington talk about dysfunction, this great group of men and women behind me have been talking about how to fix whats broken in washington. And hasnt that discussion been coming for way too long . Thats what this last three weeks has been about. Thats what we have been struggling through. Thats what weve been working towards and we resolved it today by electing mike johnson as our next speaker. And what mike laid out was a vision. Was it just Core Principles that he talked about today on the house floor so eloquently, but a vision for how we get, not just the house back operating, but how we get washington working better, how we fix this broken institution and how symbolic mike talked in in the House Chamber about the symbolism of the House Chamber. Moses, in god we trust, right above the speakers rostrum. So many other symbols, washington lafayette, the history of some of the great battles passing the 13th amendment in that chamber. But if you look up at this capitol dome that serves as a beacon to so many, not just here in america, but all around the world. Interestingly, the last three weeks, the statue of freedom was covered in scaffolding just like we have been doing construction to fix this broken institution. How symbolic that the scaffolding is now coming down as we elected a new speaker to fix this institution thats had problems for decades that needed to be addressed. And when ignored for way too long, i have seen this man in action since i was a state representative for those people that dont know mike johnson, maybe theyre looking to google, maybe theyre looking to other places. But those of us who have known mike johnson for a long time and ive known him maybe longer than most, ive seen a commitment, a self service, commitment to things bigger than himself, going back to my days in the state house. And when he came to congress, those same principles followed him, his belief, his faith that drives him so deeply that some actually mock him for. Those are the principles that make this country so great. Those are the principles that cause people who believe in freedom all around the world to look up at that statue of freedom as a beacon of hope from all around the world. And what mike johnson is going to do for us and our country getting us back on track. We are just getting started. But people are going to come to know and love what he represents because he fights for things bigger than himself and people who have been ignored for way too long. It is my great privilege to introduce the 45th speaker of the house, my dear friend mike johnson, the speaker. [applause] thank you, steven and thank you, tom and elise. This is an Extraordinary Team that has been assembled here to serve the American People. Steve scalise represents so much in our home state of louisiana. One of the things he truly represents is perseverance and hope. And as he was talking here just a moment ago, i was reminded of the scripture that says, suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character and character produces hope. What we need in this country is more hope. The people have lost their faith in our institutions. Their faith is at an all time low. And one of the reasons theyve lost it is because the congress over the years has not delivered for the American People. Well enough, were in the majority. Right now. Weve gone through a little bit of suffering. Weve gone through a little bit of character building and you know what, its produced, more strength, more perseverance and a lot of hope and thats what were about to deliver to the American People. We are going to speak, were going to speak with clarity and conviction and consistency to the American People. Were going to tell them what were for, what agenda we are pursuing and why it is best for every american, why it will give them more liberty, opportunity and security. Were going to speak to that clearly. Were going to act consistently and were going to exhibit two things here, trust and teamwork and this group will deliver for the American People. I said it in the chamber and i will say it here. Were going to govern well, and i think that people are going to be very pleased with those results. We, were so grateful. Im so grateful and so humbled to have gotten a unanimous vote on the floor by all of my colleagues here. We went through a lot to get here, but we are ready to govern and that will begin right away. Youve all heard me talk a lot today and im not going to belabor the point because the sun is bright and its too warm for the fall. But ill say this, were going to dispense with all the usual ceremonies and celebrations that traditionally follow a new speakership because we have no time for either one. The American Peoples business is too urgent in this moment. The hour is late. The crisis is great in america. We hear you and we are reporting again as i said in there to our duty stations that will begin in just a few moments. This entire group is going to go back to the house floor and we are going to pass our resolution in support of the nation of israel, our closest ally. Youre going to see an aggressive schedule in the days and weeks ahead. Youre going to see Congress Working as hard as its ever worked and we are going to deliver for the American People. Im grateful for this opportunity. I want to thank you for being patient with us and i promise you it will be worth it. God bless you. God bless you. Mr speaker, mr speaker, whats after the israel resolution . Very special. I just didnt want you to play on that. Thank you. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] former president donald trump, f governor ron desantis, senator tim scott and speaking at the republicane Leadership Conference in las vegas. Watch live coverage saturday at noon eastern on cspan, cspan now, our free mobile video app, or online at cspan. Org. Cspan campaign 2024 coverages your front row seat to the president ial election. Watch as we follow candidates on the campaign trail with meeting rates, speeches and more, as you make up your own mind. Campaign 2024, on the cspan networks. Cspan now, our free mobile video app, or online at cspan. Org. Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Before a fourth vote in the house which elected congressman mike johnson a speaker, democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at the annual center for American Progress conference. He talked about speaker election and upcoming legislative priorities. This is 20 minutes