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
today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d.c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability does not on its own get to the root of the problem, especially here let s take, for exampl
that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak