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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 peop...

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 wil...

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 ...

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, there's 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. it's always a special moment to have newly elected members from congress that both sides tugging office for the first time. ...