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speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. >> it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. look to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. but the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy, you write? i never thought wed get up here. my father always told me...

in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. >> it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy, huh? i never thought wed get up here. my father always told me, its not how you start its how you finish and now we need to finish strong...

continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. >> it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former -- of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you...

I am joined by the democrat of illinois. congressman rajna, it is good to have you with us, thank you so much. i would feel embarrassed to have you stay longer but, theres so much to talk about tonight. i just want to start and get your sense of how this all played out. what are your emotions, your thoughts as this night concludes? >> 15th time was a charm in this particular case. i think that, look, it was exciting to get sworn in, this is my fourth contract extension. its always a special mome...