![]() ![]() Because that's the same clock and same view that Abraham Lincoln saw. I like to look over and look at the clock. I like to do it at night when people aren't around. I like to go to that spot, and I like to stand where he stood. Just a one-term congressman, sat in the back. You see, it's where Abraham Lincoln served. It's my favorite place to take people on a tour. It's in the chamber they met before, in Statuary Hall. My most favorite spot in this building is not in this chamber. Speaker McCarthy then remarkably began revealing his deepest passion and commitment as a citizen. Newly elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy waves after he was elected on the 15th ballot at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2023. No more ignoring a crisis of safety and sovereignty. That's why one of our very first hearings will be held on the southern border. Because answers have not and will not always be found in Washington. ![]() But we also pledge to bring Congress to the people. Competing ideas will be put to the test in public so that the best ideas win. But the debates will be open for you to witness what happens in the People's House.įrom the committee rooms to this floor, we commit to pursue the truth passionately and embrace debate. I want to give all Americans a personal invitation: you are welcome to see this body at work. My friends, this chamber is now fully open for all Americans to visit. It's nighttime here in Washington, but in some ways it's also like a new beginning-a fresh start. The House should be "the people's House," and it should be led in the tradition of President Abraham Lincoln's call for government of the people, by the people, and for the people.įrom the start, Speaker McCarthy began describing an American way to govern-not a Republican nor a factional way. This was a unifying speech by a leader who understood why the speaker is the only legislative leader identified in the U.S. His sincere delivery and the depth of his historic understanding of America were remarkable. However, it is so important I urge you to go to C-Span and watch it (not read it). I realize his speech came too late in the evening for most Americans to have heard it live. Then, we listened with growing admiration as Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered a historic address. His grandstanding minimized the dignity and collegiality which should characterize the transfer of power in the House.īy contrast, I thought back to the dignity and warmth with which Democratic leader Dick Gephardt acknowledged that Republicans had won a majority for the first time in 40 years and passed the gavel in fitting, reverent gesture. We observed Hakeem Jeffries' pathetic, partisan baloney. Saturday morning watching the 15th ballot for the U.S. ![]()
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