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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 will defer. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. but that s my commitment to you. after taking his own oath of office, the speakers swore in in the members of the 118th congress and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes. too short of a majority of the house with six members voting present. it was of ....
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 jeffries, there will be times we agree and many times we will defer. i promise our debate will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that is my commitment to you. so after taking his own oath of office, the speaker then foreign members of the 118 congress, and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes, too short of a majority of ....
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. a lot of them brought their families early in the week to see them get sworn in and they ....
Decided it is time to be for the process to begin in earnest. 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 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 fun a special moment to have newly elected members from congress that both sides tugging office for the first time. a lot of them brought their families early in the week to ....