speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. look to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. but the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] that was easy, you write? 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 says the speakers were 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
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 cours
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 the h
help me deliver on that. if the past week is an indicator for what may lay ahead, it may be a bumpy two years. we hope it s smooth and out a little bit. senator russia cushman murthy, thank you so much sir. we appreciate you coming on. thank you, ayman. i mentioned this a moment ago, one of the surprises of this long night was the fiery speech of democratic leader hakeem jeffries. we are wide, we are black, we are latino, we are, asian we are native american. we are christians, we are jewish, we are muslim, we are in, do we are religious, we are secular, we are gay, we are straight, we are young, we are older, we are women, we are man, we are citizens, we are dreamers out of many, we are one, that s what makes america a great country. t hat s what makes america no matter what s [applause]
if the past week is an indicator for what may lay ahead, it may be a bumpy two years. we hope it s smooth and out a little bit. senator russia cushman murthy, thank you so much sir. we appreciate you coming on. thank you, ayman. i mentioned this a moment ago, one of the surprises of this long night was the fiery speech of democratic leader hakeem jeffries. before he officially pass the gavel on to kevin mccarthy. take a look at this. we are white, we are black, we are latino, we are, asian we are native american. we are christians, we are jewish, we are muslim, we are in, do we are religious, we are secular, we are gay, we are straight, we are young, we are older, we are women, we are man, we are citizens, we are dreamers out of many, we are one, that s what makes america a great country. no matter what [applause]