the honoring kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [applause] the honoring jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. [applause] no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by sur name of 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] the gentleman is recognized. thank you, madam clerk. we all came here to get things done. to get big things done. to solve the problems. 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 that is driving unflagrants will the gentleman yield? will the house be in order? and we all know what those problems are. we ve been talking about them for
the united states. but if you default on the debt, and our interest rates showed up to 6%, a percent, 9%. you will have someone to point out, and that s not gonna help them in the general election. think back to four years ago, what is the one of the most notable things that steve bannon said? what is the thing he wanted to do? below the hole things up. we re looking at the clerk with a gavel. let s listen to what they said. members voting. does any member wish to change a vote? for mr. gates, melee oh talk, boebert, , mccarthy, he stubborn, baller, maclean, bags, good, huizenga, roozendaal, griffith, turner, emma, though. none of iowa, carl, davison. bilirakis. van oren. when strung, urges, wagner,
improve the odds of kevin mccarthy getting that job. others will saying it might improved the odds of a democrat running what is ostensively a republican house. yeah, you know, hakeem is going to get 212 votes. he will continue to get 212 votes. if you start lowering the threshold and it gets close to 212 votes being the number, then hakeem jeffries may become the next speaker if number republicans walk. i don t think any democrats will be walking. they say we can t get to 218. if we start walking away and the number comes down and 212 is the number. it s a far-fetched idea. i don t think it could happen. could it happen? yeah. we need to stay around, too. we need to have all 222 members
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