new york . the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state california having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. yes, very hard in the battle for house speaker has come to an end. kevin mccarthy was sworn in as speaker of the house this morning. after an unprecedented four days and fifteen votes. shortly after he was sworn in, he in turn swore in the entire one hundred and eight to congress. mccarthy promised a fierce but civil debate with democrats peter jefferys. there will be times we agree, and many times we will differ. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that s my commitment to you and now the hard work begins. what we do here today, next
will . thomas massie of kentucky, thank you. thank tucker. so congress is continuing to send billions a month to ukraine because that war i is more important than any other war. ew but actually , there is a new war that really will affect americans. defens and it s in mexico, the mexican defense forces, the mexican army now battling the sinaloasio cartel in response to tha e arrest of the son of el chapo. and as of tonight, the mexican defense forces appear to be losing. watch
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about which is the creation a committee modeled afterin the famous frank church committee of the nineteen seventies. that will look a lot more closelys that at the influe of the fbi and the various intelligence on domestic politics. they re not allowednter to interfere in domestic politics. fere they clearly have been.y and maybe congress could get to the bottom of that fact. the only ones who can. well, kevin mccarthy is going to do that. looks likend his he s going to e speaker. and his plan we have hav justs o learned, is to appoint really ai one of the most honestnt and dogged members of congress will just say it. c thomas massie of kentucky,ongre, to head that committee, the new church committee run by congressman thomas massie, who , by the way, joins us nowon to announce it. congressman, thanks so much for coming on . thanks, tucker. it looksli likke ie i ll probaby be on that committee, but i can t say that i will run itee . i will say that while we ve seen this drama o
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