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And i simply want to say that showing of strength is not for any one particular individual. it will be a showing of strength throughout the 118th congress, unanimity of purpose on behalf of the american people. before i proceed any further, let me begin by acknowledging the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of california, the iconic, the heroic, the legendary speaker amerita nancy pelosi.

Over the next two years -- over the next -- over the next two years as we begin this 118th congress let us continue to fight for lower costs. let us continue to fight in this congress for better paying jobs. let us continue to fight in this congress for safer communities. let us continue to fight in this congress to defend democracy. let us continue to fight in this congress to put and protect the public interests. let us continue to fight in this congress for economic opportunity in every singl...

The precipice of the 118 congress. because, there are a lot of things, where he has just completely given the keys of power away to the most fanatical parts of his caucus. and essentially giving a one member veto to the most extreme members of the caucus means that we are going to have a series of dragged down battles on things like the debt limit, shutting down the government, and so on. but to my mind, this is all part of the implosion of the republican party, as they continue to cater to thes...

Dean phillips and veronica escobar. i also want to thank my colleagues and my friends in th house democratic caucus for you perseverance and your strength and your friendship, for your unanimity of purpose and for your unanimous support. and i simply want to say that the showing of strength is not for any one particular individual. it will be a showing of strengt throughout the 118th congress, unanimity of purpose on behalf of the american people.

Goes in. thats the plan right now, assuming mccarthy goes to the floor and actually gets the votes so congress can start being congress again. but really, the part of the negotiation they are doing right now is with people like crane and rosendale and -- i am also told, potentially -- lauren boebert. we may find that out in the next few minutes. but again, alex, its not even necessarily negotiating to get them to yes. it may be negotiating to get them to present, just so that the total threshold...

>> the eyes of the world and the eyes of america are on this body right now. what america needs, what this body needs is a lot less talk and a lot more action. and at the direction of the republican conference, i advance the name of kevin mccarthy as the next speaker of house of the 118th congress. [ applause ] >> for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to say, wow. [ applause ]

Joining us now is california congressman eric swalwell we had about that and intelligence committees in the 117th congress. -- committee to silence in the 118th congress. but that could be four of. congressman, its great to see you. thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks, alex. >> first, the fact that the former president is still repeating defamatory lies about election workers, the fact that we have reporting out of, i believe its new mexico, that the three homes of elected democratic offici...

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Confident that this would be done on the 14th ballot, and it did not. [applause] >> madam clerk. -- distinguished members of the house democratic caucus and the house republican conference. its my high honor and distinct privilege to finally be able to welcome all of you to the 118 congress. [applause] [applause]

Work. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes since republicans bobart and gates voted present instead of no and he needed 215 for majority and democrats unanimously backed hakeem jeffreys and six republicans in total voted present. just to illustrate how contentious things became last night after the 14th vote failure, congressman-elect mike rogers of alabama had to be physically restrained and appeared to lunge at gates and still victory for mccarthy took one more round and with ...