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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 we d get up here. my father always told me, it s not how you start it s how you finish and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leader jeffries, there will be times we agree, and many tanks we will defer. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. but that s my commitment to you. after taking his own oath of office says the speakers were in the members of the 118th congress and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes. too ....
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 we d get up here. my father always told me, it s not how you start it s how you finish and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leader jeffries, there will be times we agree, and many tanks we will defer. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. but that s my commitment to you. after taking his own oath of office, the speakers swore in in the members of the 118th congress and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes. too short of a majority of the house with six members voting present. it was of ....
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 firefighter s 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 start, it is how you finish. and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leaders jeffries, there will be times we agree and many times we will defer. i promise our debate will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that is my commitment to you. so after taking his own oath of office, the speaker then foreign members of the 118 congress, and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes, too short of a majority of ....
Power going forward so that they can tear down the house, 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 ....
The republican conference? i was actually thinking of groundhog day as another piece of entertainment that people mention. what it reminds me of is the fragility of our democracy. today we started out with the ceremony on the steps of the capital with regard to january six 2021 and to hear the families of the fallen speak reminded us of the loss that so many people experience but also how close we were to seeing our election overturned and our democracy, and an insurrection destroy our democracy. so what we have to do is do everything we can to reaffirm it, defended, and speak up for all those rights and liberties that we cherish. that s what i intend to do and i think my colleagues and leader jeffries are going to ....