the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. [applause] the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia. now let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia as well as china. the american people have a lot of questions for dr. fauci. christopher ray, merrick garland, secretary mayorkas. we cannot ask those questions until we elect our speaker. under speaker pelosi was a full-time committee to harass the previous president, to advocate for wage, social issues which the oversight committee had absolutely no jurisdiction and committee totally uninterested in the american taxpayer. in a republican
the optics of whether gop house members can govern. is it going to be this tight every time they have to stick together and vote on something difficult, we don t know. sandra: so bret, your thoughts as we did see the one democrat, david trone from maryland return to the floor, a little color he showed back up for the 14th vote after missing the 12th wearing a sling and walking with a cane, standing ovation from democrats as he was helped on to the floor, raised the number of votes we see here. still a couple absent, 432 voting right now, but that could change as some reps are intending to return for additional voting that may happen this evening. bret: yeah, a couple of things. one is right, now after 13 ballots, the lawmakers know exactly who s who and as far as where their votes have been, and where they are. so if there is a change there is a standing ovation and it s very exciting. when trone came back on the floor and voted, standing ovation from democrats. there were a number
tally did go up to 432 by the latest count there, it went up one as rep trone from maryland, he tweeted out he was coming back from surgery, a picture of his office in the capitol, brought the number up one, but 216, with 431 in the last go around, that was 215 and a half, that marker does move. john: he s still behind. what you have to look at is the others in the present, as long as the others is above 4 he does not get there. if the present starts to go up because democrats are dropping out, that drops the threshold to mccarthy s favor. but if republicans vote present or don t show up, that means mccarthy likely won t get those votes. so notable flip, andy harris, looks like they managed to convince him. andy biggs and eli crane and