couldn t stay through friday late night. you have to feel for those families and members as well. but thankfully we had a peaceful transition of power this time around and we have a new speaker and it s time to get to work and we, democrats, and the democratic caucus, will stand for the values that you know well. and leader jeffries articulated in his speech. speaking of the work that is about to get underway, we got a glimpse if you will have perhaps both the managerial style or this would leadership style of kevin mccarthy, and the substance of how he wants this conference to do in that speech that he gave. we will talk about leader jeffries in a moment, but what do you make of what speaker mccarthy of what he wanted to go for in terms of investigations for his speech?
so they can stop the house from acting on a debt ceiling, so that can stop the house from acting when they need to fund the government going forward. i think it s that context that makes this particularly troubling, not the fact that there were so many votes. and i want to say something really quick, this happens not in, more but on the two year anniversary of january six and here s the deal, a lot of people making these deals were part of that. they were responsible for that. and kevin mccarthy helped organize the rally on january six. he didn t show it in the mccarthy press conference but early in that press conference he thanked president trump were calling the holdouts and helping them push over the line. so i think when you put that in the broader context, this wasn t really the beauty of
citizens that s not possible right now. so hakeem jeffries represents the american dream as you know, his life story embodies it. i know that he, with every fiber of his being, will fight for the same opportunities that this kid from brooklyn had for everyone else. i am excited to work with him on that mission. congressman, can i get a final thought, if i can, from you but what this week has taught us about the state of our democracy? we ve been talking a little bit about the politics and the power grabs, and the power maneuvering that happens on the hill. people have described it as a real life episode of house of cards are games of thrones, whatever analogy want to use. what is this week tell you about the state of our democracy and where we are in that on this what started out on january 6th, the two year anniversary, the attack on the capital, we witnessed this dysfunction if you will from the republican conference?
you finish. so don t judge us on how we start, watch how we finish. and i think by having the disruption now really build the trust with one another and learned how to work together. what we are going to have to find in our mindset that we have to front load. we have to think about and work with a microcosm of the conference before we start writing it. that s really what we learned here. working the rules, there are a lot of great ideas. at the end of the day, i remember on the january 1st we did this conference call with the entire conference. when we walk through all the rules people were excited. people were mad before, why are we working, why was it held up, but at the end of the day the product was better. so maybe 100 years from now some master student will have to write about this. but really what most people will write about or feel is the outcome of how well we will run the floor for the next two years. last question. change a folk at how
investigatory body, and you can see the importance that she will have for democrats now as the lone member of the republican party involved in this investigation. the she is more than happy to lend her credibility as a conservative to this idea, why, and the think the fact that she s choaten out here to do this. she has had a very different strategy than monk car think, once this to be in the spotlight and wants her body to cop front what happened on jer 6th and about congressman jordan and the idea that he could be a witness. could not be more at odds to mccarthy who just wants this to go away and that s what you shaw in the mccarthy press conference today call it a partisan exercise, and by her very preps on the dees tuesday she gives