this bill. it makes sense for us to do it. and we do it because we represent hardworking families in this country who put their faith and trust in us to do this job on their behalf. i yield back. 1 a.m. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is co ms. the house vote on the spending bill. >> could you step down.

today i filed a motion to vacate after speaker johnson has broker and what our conference had started out as with rules and promises to the american people we would bring regular order back to congress. speaker johnson has betrayed that by passing three c.r.'s and forcing us■h to vote on a two-pt omnibus, the second one being today. he also only gave us -- i don't know, we had one day bically to read 1,012 pages, breaking the 72-hour rule. this is a betrayal of the american people and a betrayal of republican voters. and the bill we were forced to vote on, forced republicans to choose between funding to pay our soldiers, and in doing so funding late-term abortions. this bill was basically a dream and a wish list for democrats house. it was completely led by chuck

schumer, not our republican speaker of the house, not our conference, and we weren't even allowed to put amendments to the floor■c to have a chance to make changes to the bill. i filed a motion to vacate today but it's more of a warning and a pink slip. i respect our conference. i paid all my deuce to my conference -- dues to my conference. i'm a member in good standing and i don't want to inflict pain on the congress and throw the house in chaos. but it's basically a warning and time for us to go through the process, take our time and find a new speaker of the house that will stand with republicans and our republican majority instead of leaning with the democrats. reporter: if it's a warning, does thatea go through and enfoa vote? ms. greene: no, i will. reporter: nothing to convince to you back off? ms. greene: it doesn't have to be forced and throw the house in

chaos. there's no time limit. i don't want to put members in a difficult place like we were for 3 1/2 weeks. we'll continue our committee work and continue our investigations. there's a lot of good investigations going that have to be able to proceed. and the american people deserve that. but i'm not saying it won't happen in two weeks or it won't happen in a month or who knows when but i'm saying the clock has■g started and it's time for our conference to choose a new speaker. reporter: do you believe there are more republicans who support this push and ultimately if this does get filed, it could lead to exactly what you're saying, more chaos, more paralysis, does the house republican conference on board with that? ms. greene: it's filed but not voted on. it only gets voted on when i call it to the floor for a vote. reporter: jeffries said he would help. ms. greene: the democrats might be willing to help him survive if there was a motion to vacate. reporter: are you worried about putting johnson in a position -- ms. greene: i'm not worried

about that the all. i don't think the american people wants to see a republican speaker held in place by democrats. this is not exactly what people want. reporter: who would you like to be speaker? ms. greene: this would be up to the conference. our conference works together to choose a speaker. we need a speaker that supports all of us. not a speaker that breaks the 72-hour rule and will not let us vote on amendments or introduce amendments to major funding bills. you want to know the video people are watching today? the illegals rushing our border and running over the border patrol and running over the texas national guard. and mike johnson, the republican speaker of the house, he handed over every ounce of negotiating power to chuck schumer and the democrats and went ahead and funded the government when this was our point of leverage.ó' republicans had the power of the purse. this was our power.

this was our leverage and our chance to secure the border and he didn't do it. now this funding bill passed without the majority of the majority. this was a democrat bill. this is a chuck schumer bill and a bill joe biden can't wait to sign into law and it's a betrayal of the american people. right now americans are watching the border. women are being raped and killed. illegals are squatting in people's homes and then killing them when they come to take their houses back. that's what happened in new york. we're done. we're absolutely done. reporter: what do you need to hear from the speaker to not move forward? ms. greene: he told everyone all [8 he heard from all of us all week long. allow us to introduce amendments. allow us to do our job, allow us to represent the district who sent us here.

we want a secure border. we're legalizing five million across the border every day. this is the leverage we have. also, forcing republicans to vote on full-term abortion funding in order to fund our military is a complete betrayal of all of our value and our voters don't want us to be doing that. reporter: when do you plan to call the resolution to the floor. ms. greene: again, i don't have a time line. that will be a rolling issue we'll be judging and making decisions by. but i assure you, i'm not the only one. i have support on this from others in my conference. and i'm not introducing this to throw the house into chaos. committees will continue doing their work and investigations will continue. i support my conference. again, i've paid all of my dues to the nrcc and then some. i support the republicans

holding majority next conference. but we need a speaker of the house that knows how to negotiate and knows how to walk in the room and hold the line and knows how to defend america first and the policies. reporter: what was the process to find a new speaker? what does the process look like without the motion to vacate. ms. greene: it allows everyone to have discussions and internal meetings and conferences. reporter: do you have a speaker in mind? groan: i want to have conversations and hear from others how to handle it. reporter: have you talked to former president trump? ms. greene: i have not. reporter: how many americans? ms. greene: i won't give you a number and probably won't go public but silently are breathing a sigh of relief. look at the numbers and the vote

on this. this bill was passed without a majority of republicans. this is a democrat budget passed by mike johnson. reporter: should johnson step down? ms. greene: that would be a choice he'd have to make but we have to find a new speaker. reporter: one speaker candidate after another has fallen short. how can you possibly find anyone or see someone to succeed mike johnson to find the votes and keep the conference together and not plunge congress into chaos? ms. greene: we have to do it because we have a country in crisis. we have a border invasion happening day. we have americans under the age of 30 for the first time showing in all types of polling have lost hope for their future. afford to buy a home. inflation is running rampant. our country is in crisis. and we need real leaders that know how to fight, that know how to walk in a room and don't get rolled by the deep state and

don't get rolled by the democrats and don't get rolled into doing whatever it takes to maintain that power and position. we need a speaker of the house that actually represents the people. this is the people's house. this is not washington, d.c.'s house. this is the people's house. reporter: you call the pink slip a warning but bottom line you want speaker johnson out. ms. greene: i wouldn't have filed a motion. this is not personal against mike johnson, he's a very good man and have respect for him as a person but he's not doing the job. the proof is in the vote count today. he passed a budget that should never have been brought to the floor, did not represent our conference and it was passed with the democrats and without the majority of the majority. reporter: what happens with the aid to ukraine? ms. greene: that would go what e want. polls show 70% don't want to continue a war in ukraine.

reporter: would that be a triggering event for you? ms. greene: the motion to vacate already has been filed. he should not bring funding for ukraine. thank you. reporter: are you saying you'll call for the vote? i know you said no time limit. ms. greene: we've started the clock to start the process to elect a new speaker. and i'm giving my conference time. i'm being respectful to my conference but many members in my conference agree, even though it's uncomfortable, it's a process none of us want to go through. it has to happen. reporter: should you be teaming with democrats as well by ousting speaker of the house just like speaker johnson did in teaming with democrats to pass the government funding bill? ms. greene: we have to find a new speaker of the house. i'm not sure how that vote count would be and i've heard a lot of democrats may support him so i'm not sure how that works out. reporter: if he does any new speaker into the arms of the democrats?

ms. greene: he's already in the arms of democrats and proof in the vote count today. this was a democrat bill and not a republican bill. we weren't allowed to introduce amendments and weren't allowed to have a say. we weren't even given the respect 72-hour read to read 1,012 pages. reporter: it would be better to shut the government down then? you're up against the clock. ms. greene: it would have been better back in october when he became speaker to have actually worked on appropriation bills and stayed with single appropriation bills and done what all of us had set out to do. reporter: would you want mccarthy back, would there be the votes for that, technically he doesn't have to be a member, i know you support him so i'm wondering. reporter: do you really think someone can get 218 votes to become speaker of the house? ms. greene: i certainly hope so. reporter: it was hard to go the last time. ms. greene: it was hard but look where ey just passed a funding l that doesn't secure our border, does nothing to stop the illegal

alien invasion. this budget funds full term abortion and d.e.i., it funds transideology on our youth as young as 12 years old. we're already in crisis. it's time for real leadership. reporter: is this the final in an election year? ms. greene: it is the final. damn it, i want to win the white house and win the senate and i want to restore this country back to greatness again, back to safety, back to security for every single american because right now we don't have it and that's because of all the democrats in the biden administration. reporter: you were against this when speaker mccarthy was in the

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