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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A New York prosecutor's office on Wednesday said it was investigating the conduct of George Santos, a Republican who fabricated much of his résumé and life story
>> it's not clear. so, the republican minorit leader kevin mccarthy does not have an interest in pickin this fight i think he is more worried about getting 218 votes an becoming speaker, which is a hurdle he is not quite reaching but i think the new york republicans that are in an around santos, they are much more worried and concerned about this and you can tell by th deafening silence. congressman lee zeldin, wh represents part of long island who was talked about as potential rnc chairperson, who ran very strong praise for governor, and who endorsed santos, has not said anything. at some of ...
There. representative-elect, i do not work for congress woman joyc beatty but i will ask you this given the cbc's history and it ability to get so much done in congress, what is your plan as you potentially look at what you will be doing with the congressional -- the quad caucus that you wor with, the asian americans that are in congress as well as the indigenous representatives who are going to be there as wel as latino and hispanics? >> great question. we already had a chance to attend a lot of meetings wit the cbc. it's a real honor for me because i started my political career in 1987, work...
The show here, representative-elect, that potentially you may not have a speaker in the first two o three days january 3rd you are sworn in and hanging out. you are just waiting for a leader of the house to tak control and say you could star doing your work. what do you think of tha happening? >> i mean it's a rea possibility. it looks like the republican are having a real tough time o getting themselves organized even taking care of the basics it's a stark contrast to the leadership the democrats hav with nancy pelosi. i think leading to maybe one o the most historic congresses i the history ...
We mentioned some very big ideas in the introduction to you, representative-elect. what is the one thing you woul love to be able to accomplis and that you are hopeful about in your first two years in congress >> it is hard to narrow it dow because the american peopl have so many needs i would love to see an expansion of the earned income tax credit and some of the child tax credit that are goin to expire at the end of next week gun reform they took a good bipartisa step last time around bu assault weapons and ghost guns are things that also need to b addressed. voting rights reform, i thin we...