the tellers agree that the total number of votes cast is 434 of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ cheers and applause ] the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [ cheers and applause ]. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. the gentleman is recognized. [ applause ] thank you, madam clerk. we all came here to get things done, to get big things done, the solve the problems. and i hope when we get through today that all of the members on both sides of the aisle will join together with us to solve the problems, to address inflation that is crushing middle class families, to get control over spending will
and you look at the only person who spemt the hours on the road, going to the districts, raising money, sitting down with people doing events and really that s kevin. whether people agree or disagree with every policy point he makes or not, that s fine but why would anybody ever do that again? why would anybody put the ads on the tv and get the message out? why would anybody work hard if any of it comes down to the social hostage taking that this minority is doing and again, it s just bad precedent for the institution. congresswoman, thank you for joining us. hope to have you on again sometime soon. thank you so much. we re watching this his totoric house speaker ship position that s heading for a fourth round. kevin mccarthy looking for the third defeat of the day. a proverbial hat trick.