and i simply want to say that showing of strength is not for any one particular individual. it will be a showing of strength throughout the 118th congress, unanimity of purpose on behalf of the american people. before i proceed any further, let me begin by acknowledging the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of california, the iconic, the heroic, the legendary speaker amerita nancy pelosi.

[ applause ] and without question in my mind speaker amerita pelosi will go down in history as the greatest speaker of all-time. throughout her time -- throughout her time in congress she's been a legendary legislator, a fabulous facilitator, and a no-nonsense negotiator. we know that nancy pelosi is a woman of faith, a loving wife, a mother of five, a grandmother of nine, a defender of democracy, a voice for the voiceless, and a powerful champion for the children, the climate,

california, the caucus, the congress, the country, and the constitution. thank you, madam speaker, for all that you have done. it's an honor to stand on your broad shoulders. as well -- as well as the shoulders of the great steny hoyer and the great jim clyburn, two consequential leaders in their own right. now, the scripture says in galatians, let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. over the last few years house democrats in partnership with president biden and our

colleagues in the senate have been hard at work on behalf of the american people getting big things done. we passed the american rescue plan, saved the economy from a deep recession, put shots in arms, money in pockets, and kids back in school. we passed the infrastructure investment and jobs act to create millions of good paying jobs, fix our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, our airports, our sewer and water system, our mass transportation system, and ensure high-speed internet access in every single community. we passed gun safety legislation for the first time in 30 years that will save lives and make our communities safer. we passed the chips and science

act to bring domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the united states of america and ensure that our workforce has the skills to succeed in the 21st century economy, and we passed the inflation reduction act to strike a dramatic blow, lower energy costs, strengthen the affordable care act, lower health care costs, and drive town the high price of lifesaving prescription drugs for millions of americans. it was one of the most consequential congresses in american history. president biden gets the job done, and the "d" in democrat stands for deliver.

over the next two years -- over the next -- over the next two years as we begin this 118th congress let us continue to fight for lower costs. let us continue to fight in this congress for better paying jobs. let us continue to fight in this congress for safer communities. let us continue to fight in this congress to defend democracy. let us continue to fight in this congress to put and protect the public interests. let us continue to fight in this congress for economic opportunity in every single zip code, and let us continue to fight in this congress for reproductive freedom.

because as democrats we do believe in a country for everyone -- we do believe in a country for everyone, a country that provides for the poor, works for working families, makes sense for the middle class, stands up for senior citizens, inivates in the inner city, strengthen suburban communities, helps out the heartland, and revitalizes rural america. we believe in a country where liberty and justice for all, equal protection under the law, free and fair elections. and yes, we believe in a country with a peaceful transfer of

power. we believe that in america our diversity is a strength, it is not a weakness. an economic strength, the competitive strength, the cultural strength, our diversity is a strength. it is not a weakness. we are a gorgeous mosaic of people from throughout the world. as john lewis would sometimes remind us on this floor, we may have come over on different ships but we're all in the same boat now. we are white, we are black, we are latino, we are asian, we are native-american. we are christian, we are jewish, we are muslim, we are hindu, we are gay, we are straight. we are young, we are older, we are women, we are men. we are citizens, we are dreamers. out of many we are one.

that's what makes america a great country. and no matter what kind of haters are trying to divide us, we're not going to let anyone take that away from us, not now, not ever. this is the united states of america, a land of opportunity. the fact that i'm able to stand up here today is another data point in that narrative. i was born in a brooklyn hospital, raised in a working class neighborhood in crown heights, grew up in the cornerstone baptist church, started off in the cradle role department, somehow survived the

violence of the crack cocaine epidemic and wound up here in the united states congress as the highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. america truly a land of opportunity, government of the people, by the people, and for the people. so on this first day let us commit to the american dream, a dream that promises that if you work hard and play by the rules you should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself and for your family, educate your children, purchase a home, and one day retire with grace and dignity. let us commit on this first day to lift up the american dream for every single person in this nation.

now, i recognize that this is a moment of transition. as we transition from one congress to the next, from one majority to the next, from a year of -- from a year of accomplishment -- a year of accomplishment to a year of ambiguity. a moment of transition. the american people understandably after the events of this week recognize that the congress is at a fork in the road and are asking the question what direction will be choose. on this first day i do not pretend to answer that question

on behalf of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, but we do extend our hand of partnership to you and want to make clear that we extend and intend to try to find common ground whenever and wherever possible on behalf of the american people. [ applause ] not as democrats, not as republicans, not as independents but as americans. but i also want to make clear that we will never compromise our principles. house democrats will always put american values over autocracy,

benevolence over bigotry, the constitution over the cult, democracy over demagogues, economic opportunity over extremism, freedom over fascism, governing over gaslighting, hopefulness over hatred, inclusion over isolation, justice over judicial overreach, knowledge over kangaroo courts, liberty over limitation, maturity over mar-a-lago, normalcy over negativity, opportunity over obstruction, people over politics, quality of life issues over qanon, reason over racism, substance over slander, triumph over tyranny, understanding over ugliness, voting rights over voter suppression, working families over the well-connected, xenial

over swreeno phobia. yes we can as well as you can do it. we will always do the right thing by the american people, so let us not grow weary of doing good for the american people will reap the benefit of the harvest if we do not give up. god bless you, god bless the house, and god bless the united states of america. >> the democratic leader hakeem jeffries after a rousing speech about to give the gavel to speaker kevin mccarthy. >> -- 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 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ applause ] >> kevin owen mccarthy first elected in 2006, finally elected on the 15th ballot here. let's listen in to his first speech to the country as speaker of the house, second in line to the president.

>> that was easy, huh? i never thought we'd get up here. thank you, minority leader jeffries. hakeem, i've got to warn you, two years ago i got 100% of the vote from my conference. [ applause ] there's somebody else i want to thank, the gentle lady who served as our presiding officer this week, our clerk sheryl johnson. thank you.

you know, 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. you know the son of a fireman and a grandchild of immigrants can rise to the highest position to the most important legislative body in our country. and if my colleague, hakeem jeffries, with his life story can rise to lead his party, then opportunity in democracy still thrive in america.

[ applause ] to leader jeffries, there will be times we agree, many times we will differ. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that's my commitment to you. and now the hard work begins. what we do here today next week, next month, next year will set the tone for everything that follows. tonight i want to talk directly to the american people.

as speaker of the house my ultimate responsibility is not to my party, my conference, or even our congress. my responsibility, our responsibility is to our country. [ applause ] two months ago you voted for a new direction for our country. you embraced our commitment to america, and now we're going to keep our commitment to you. it's a commitment to for an economy that's strong, where you can fill up your tank of gas and feed your family, where paychecks grow and not shrink. it's a commitment for a nation that's safe, where communities are protected, law enforcement

is respected, and criminals ar e prosecuted. a commitment for the future that's built on freedom where children come first and are taught to dream big because in america dreams can still come true. a commitment for a government that is held accountable, where americans get the answers they want, need, and deserve. our system is built on checks and balances. it's time for us to be a check and provide some balance for the president's policies.

there's nothing more important than making it possible for american families to live and enjoy the lives they deserve. that is why we commit to stop wasteful washington spending, to lower the price of groceries, gas, cars, housing, and stop the rising national debt. we pledge to cut the regulatory burden, lower energy costs for families, and create good paying jobs for workers by unleashing reliable, abundant american-made

energy. i know the night is late, but when we come back our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 -- [ applause ] you see, we believe government should be to help you, not go after you. we're going to pass bills to fix the nation's errant challenges, from wide open southern borders, to america's energy policies to woke indoctrination in our

schools. we'll also address america's long-term challenges, the debt and the rise of the chinese communist party. congress must speak with one voice on both of these issues. this is why we'll end wasteful washington spending. from now on if a federal bureaucrat wants to spend it, they will come before us to defend it. as for the chinese communist party, we will create a bipartisan select committee on china to investigate how to bring back the hundreds of thousands of jobs that went to china, and then we will win this economic competition.

now, speaking of committees, we will hold the swamp accountable, from the withdrawal of afghanistan to the origins of covid and to the weaponization of the fbi. let me be very clear, we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. this is something we should all agree upon. we will stand up and speak out

for the backbone of our economy, the hardworking taxpayer. it's nighttime here in washington, but in some ways it's also like a new beginning, a fresh start. my friends, this chamber is now fully open for all americans [ applause ] i want to give all americans a personal invitation.

you are welcome to see this body at work. no longer will the doors be closed, but the debates will be open for you to witness what happens in the peoples house. from the committee rooms to this floor, we commit to pursue the truth passionately and embrace debate. no more one-sided inquiries. competing ideas will be put to the test enpublic so that the best ideas win. but we also pledge to bring congress to the people because

answers have not and will not always be found in washington. that's why one of our very first hearings will be held on the southern border. no more ignoring a crisis for safety and sovereignty. we must secure our border. we must get america back on track. on a personal note to my family

here and at home, to judy, megan, connor, emily, my brother mark, emily, zack, and, yes, my mom bert, i am where i am because you are who you are. [ applause ] you can stand. i'd also like to thank my constituents from california central valley and especially my hometown of bakersville. i don't know if you're familiar

with music but as -- sings how many of you that sit and judge me have ever walked the streets of bakersfield. well, i've walked those streets my entire life. i know it's people. they're hardworking and relentless, optimistic about our future. and i'm very honored to have the opportunity to represent them. i am the son of a firefighter. i saw first-hand what it means to have hardwork, leadership and service to others. it can change peoples lives, and that is exactly why we are here today, to serve you, the people. we come here with the support of our families and the faith of our neighbors to be their voice in washington, for all the wives

and husbands, children and parents who are watching of loved ones to be sworn in, i knew it took an extra couple days. i'll be honest, it's not how i had it planned. i want you to remember this moment, take it in. your loved ones are about to make history. my colleagues and i thank you for your understanding and your sacrifice, and we will work every day to make you proud. my most favorite spot in this building is not in this chamber, it's in the chamber we met before, in statuary hall. it's my favorite place to take people on a tour. you see, it's where abraham lincoln served. just a one-term congressman, sat in the back. i like to go to that spot and i

like to stand where he stood. i like to do it at night when people aren't around. i like to look over and look at the clock because that's the same clock and same view that abraham lincoln saw. i've watched lincoln serve in the greatest challenge to our constitution, the civil war. i watched him take people who were rivals and put them together. i watched at a time he did not know it that a nation could sustain itself, but he dreamt of a future and built a railroad across the nation. i want us to all take a moment one time that you were here. i want you to stand there. i want you to look, and i want you to think if america could do it then, we can do it now one

more time. [ applause ] abraham lincoln gave his life in service to this country. one of his most important observations about america applies today as much as it did 160 years ago. he said we are striving to maintain the government and institutions of our fathers and to transmit them to our children and our children's children forever. my fellow americans, that is still our mission today.

this moment calls for restoring trust within our country and with each other. in that spirit i will work with anyone and everyone who shares our passion to deliver a better future for the nation. i hope you'll join me. as a congress we can only operate if we cooperate. my door will be open. i'd like you to come by. i want you to see as you walk down the hall a large portrait of lincoln. i want you to go into that conference room, and i want you to see another portrait. my members know of this. it's of washington crossing the

delaware. you all know the story. it happened on christmas 1776. there was no iphone to take a picture. people wonder when it was painted. it wasn't painted by someone who was there. it was painted in 1850 and 1851. he was an immigrant who lived in america. you know why he painted it? because he knew america was more than a country. america was an idea. he went home to germany, and he wanted germany to have a revolution based upon the values and freedoms that we defend every day. his talent was art, so he believed if he painted this painting he could inspire his countrymen to rise up for the idea of freedom. many historians will tell you he

didn't get it correct. they'll tell you washington crossed on a durham boat, but he paints it with washington in a row boat. you see 13 people but only 12 faces. you see washington standing up in a row boat in the middle of winter wearing a ceremonial uniform with his hand on his chest, he looks so stoic. you would look at that man and you'd say i'd follow him anywhere. you probably believe that he never lost the battle. but history would tell us at that moment, at that time he'd only lost. we had never won. you see, that was the night of our first victory as a nation when we surprised the hessians. but when you look at that painting don't look at washington. i want you to look at who's in the boat. you see, the second row in the

bu ray he's scottish. the second person across him in the green rowing the exact same cadence is an african american. you come down right to the middle, in the red, the person who's rowing the strongest is a woman. and in the very back is a native-american. i don't know from a historic fact if they were in the boat that night, but to this young immigrant who had lived in america, that's who he believed would be in the boat. the second to last person is a farmer. he could be from bakersfield. i'm not sure. his hand goes across his face. people will debate this part, but what i see is a hand of the 13th person nobody sees. you see what i believe emmanuel is saying is here we are

battling for the creation of the idea of freedom, that every individual is equal, not a perfect nation but striving to be a more perfect union, having lost every battle against the greatest challenge with the strongest nation, having lost them all but willing to do it on our holiest of nights with a hand reached out and asking if you would join us. that's as true today as it was then. if we let everybody in the boat, if we row in the same cadence together, there is no obstacle this body can overcome for this nation. [ applause ]

it is time for us to be the voice and worthy of their vote. let me close with this. i may not know all of you. some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. [ applause ] i make this promise. i'll never give up for you, the american people.

and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting for. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. therefore, with love for this country and charity for each other, let us now take our oath and be worthy of the office on which we are about to enter. god bless everybody in this chamber and god bless america. not so fast, i have to get sworn in first.

sit down. i am now ready to take the oath of office. i want to ask the dean of the house, the honorable hal rogers of kentucky, one of my first mentors, to administer the oath of the office. >> first, we want to offer a bipartisan congratulations to the gentleman from california. now will the speaker designate raise his right hand? do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies

foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which you're about to enter so help you god? >> yes, i do. >> congratulations and godspeed. [ applause ] >> according to the president the chair will swear in the members-elect en masse. the members-elect will rise. the chair will now administer the oath of the office.

all members-elect will raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm you'll support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which you are about to enter so help you god? congratulations. you are now members of the 118th congress. [ applause ]

>> all right, we've got a little more business. i hope that was worth the wait. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. >> it is my humble honor to be the first to address you from the floor of the peoples house as mr. speaker.

mr. speaker, as chair of the republican conference, i am directed by that conference to notify the house officially that the republican members have selected as majority leader the gentleman from louisiana, mr. steve scalise. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> mr. speaker, as the chair of the democratic caucus i've been directed to report to the house that the democratic leaders have selected the gentleman from new york, mr. hakeem jeffries.

>> the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. >> mr. speaker, as chair of the republican conference, i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that the republican members have selected as majority whip the gentleman from minnesota. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. aguilar. >> as chair of the democratic caucus i've been directed to report to the house that the democratic members have selected as minority whip, the distinguished gentlewoman from massachusetts, the honorable

katherine clark. >> the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. stefanik. >> mr. speaker, i ask for a privileged resolution and ask for immediate consideration. >> the clerk will report the resolution. >> house resolution one resolve that sheryl l. johnson of the state of louisiana be and is here by chosen clerk of the house of rep tchbs, that catherine of arizona is here by chosen chief administrative officer of the house of representatives and that reverend dr. margaret grum kimened of the commonwealth of pennsylvania is here by chosen chaplain of the house of representatives. >> the gentlewoman from new york. >> mr. speaker, i yield to the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar, for the purpose of

offering an amendment. >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment to the resolution, but before offering the amendment i request there be a division on the request of the resolution so we may have a separate vote on the chaplain. >> the question will be divided. that question will be agreeing to that portion for the election of the chaplain. those in favor say aye. those opposed? the ayes have it, this portion of the resolution is agreed to and without objection this motion to consider is laid on the table. now, if we could just have all votes like that. don't blame me for hoping. the gentleman from california. >> mr. speaker, i offer an amendment to the resolution offered by the gentlewoman from new york. >> the clerk will report the amendment. >> you just heard kevin mccarthy's first speech officially now as speaker of the house. good evening or should i say

good early morning, everyone. i'm laura coates. >> and i'm dana bash. it is early in the morning, and it is now an end to an extraordinary saga, a drama that we have seen play out for the past week, 14 defeats. and now a late night near rumble. kevin mccarthy, they passed him and he's now speaker of the house. >> did you hear him say when he got up there i never thought i would get up here. there was that moment and you contrast that to the confidence he exuded all day, all week. maybe it was a feigned appearance to have a stiff upper lip, but in reality in that moment i think we were all thinking will he actually become the speaker of the house including of course a brawl, almost. >> almost a brawl. the quickness in which he was elated and then he was defeated and deflated and that he was

angry, and that all of a sudden they convinced the -- at least matt gaetz and four others to change their votes to vote present to lower the threshold so that he could actually become speaker, and to see him run-down to the well and say hold on, we don't want to adjourn, it was truly, truly dramatic. >> i mean, we talk about this being a historic once in a century occurrence. i think this will go down in history for so many reasons not the least of which the 15 rounds it took to become the speaker of the house. the idea of all of the negotiating and the jockeying behind the scenes but immediately it was as if the minority leader hakeem jeffries all of which are congress persons officially they knew how to pick up just as mccarthy did. to contrast what the democrats and republicans would now do going forward. >> it also went from chaos to

the typical pageantry and protocol that we are used to seeing when a new congress begins. it just isn't usually at 1:45 in the morning. >> although it is january 7th, and this is around i mean these small hours of the morning what happened two years ago on that sober anniversary all americans watching what happened in these very chambers. i want to go right now to melanie zanona on capitol hill. you have been holding down the fort over there. what happens next tonight if we can predict anything? >> reporter: members going to go home and get a lot of sleep myself included. they need to organize the house and they need to pass what's known as a rules package, but we're hearing they're going to wait until monday to do that. they've had agreement now after all this resolution with the speaker standoff. i just want to step back for a moment because for kevin mccarthy this has been a lifelong dream.

he was working in politics his entire adult life. she was denied the speakership in 2014. he worked to court the conservative wing. ever since then he immediately got to work strategizing how can i get the speakership one day? and after this messy confrontation today, all week, he finally got there. but this is going to be a position that is significantly weaker than the one he probably envisioned because in order to get the gavel he had to negotiate away so much of his power, and we still don't know the full scope of the concessions that he gave way. i did catch up with matt gaetz briefly to ask him what made him change his vote. all he said is i ran out of things to ask for. there were rumors swirling around he may have been given a subcommittee gavel. kevin mccarthy denied that. and kevin mccarthy did already -- gave so much away including this motion which means any single member can call for a vote to oust the sitting speaker. so going forward, yes, kevin

mccarthy has gotten the speakership, but the tough task begins and that's governing. as we saw it is going to be messy, difficult. he's going to have to contend with every single day. every single vote is going to be a battle and a fight, and that is what we can expect for the next two years as speaker mccarthy takes the gavel. >> i'm pretty sure you've won the negotiation when you literally have run out of things to ask for and the other person is just giving you the yeses. i do wonder what the scope of everything they've been able to concede and get, what that will ultimately be. we're getting some new reporting in about what happened during that very heated moment that everyone leaned into their television screens to watch during that failed 14th vote. what can you tell us about that moment? >> that was such an incredible moment. i've been covering congress for ten years. i've never seen anything like that on the house floor before.

but we are learning new details thanks to my colleague who was in the chamber and also working her sources to figure out what happened. and in this moment -- that moment is when kevin mccarthy realized he wasn't going to have the votes because rosendale had voted present. and so kevin mccarthy was completely dejected. you saw him walk up the aisle towards where boebert and gaetz were sitting and pleading with them to vote for him. he was in a moment of desperation. and then you saw mike rogers coming up from behind the well, coming down the aisle. and this is someone he's a chairman, he's a close mccarthy ally. he has been growing more frustrated and more frustrated with the holdouts all week. that is important context. in fact, we're told that he had threatened to kick some of the holdouts off their committee assignments if they didn't fall in line. he was so frustrated, he came down the aisle. and sources told annie that, matt, you're finished to him. and at that point hudson another

member came up behind him and nuzzled him and tried to hold him back so he wouldn't speak anymore. it spoke to the moment how tense things were and how it looked like it was all falling apart for kevin mccarthy. but almost as quickly as it fell apart things came together. we're told leadership was informed it was a yes. and there was another moment of chaos where they switched their votes and they were deciding to do another speaker vote. and then what ended up happening is every single one of those remaining holdouts voted present. a complete roller coaster of a vote, of a day, ever since the mid-terms. this has been a roller coaster for kevin mccarthy. so a huge sigh of relief tonight. >> adjourning right now. we're watching them on a motion in favor of the 118th congress now sworn into office going home tonight. let's listen in. well, here with us in the studio we get chief white house

correspondent phil mattingly, and lia donovan, former national republican senatorial committee aide. this is pretty amazing right now, the idea of being muzzled on the actual house of the floor, the threats. what do you make of it? >> that's just a good friend, knowing where that was going to head. the beauty of mel's breakis howellquently she was going through complex -- nothing about the last four days was normal. everything about the last ten hours was extraordinary. and the biggest question now is this just the way it's going to be every single day for the next two years? or is this a moment where there's not going to be a unity type thing but people start to

sit down and realize we're going to have to govern and figure out a way to make this work. how you define making this work i think is a pretty open question right now because i think just tell you that nobody -- i don't want to speak to people at the stable, but literally nobody thinks this is going to go well based on what we've seen. and so i just think there's a lot of questions that come out of it. >> i think that's why we can break down all the intricacies of the procedural things that happen, but at the bottom line people have been watching from home all week, and to them it looks like chaos. to them it looks like a complete mess. and to them it looks like, you know, another symbol of government dysfunction, and it doesn't bode well for the next two years. again, what melanie said about speaker mccarthy now giving away a lot of his power, further empowering those far right members to really be

obstructionists anytime they want to be. how's he going to get anything done? >> we have congressman david joyce, a republican from ohio who just came off the floor. first of all, congratulations on being sworn in to another term. appreciate it especially at this wee, wee hour of the morning. first, i want to ask about things going forward, but i have to ask about what it was like on the house floor over this evening particularly the moment when it fell apart for kevin mccarthy, and it was very, very tense. >> well, you know, like i always joke about ohio's motto. we're going to get there, it was just a matter of time. so we're just continuing to work with the folks and try to work through their problems and their issues and try to get where we needed to go. as kevin said he never gives up, god bless him. and eventually got people to

either understand and resolve their issues or at least say, hey, it's time to move on and get us all back to work or start to work so we can start doing the things that are necessary to fix our problems in our country. >> congressman, how did that happen? how did they get to -- i can't even say get to yes -- get to present? >> well, there comes a point in time when you realize maybe you're not a mission. maybe you think you're part of a team. crazy enough we're all one team, and that you want to work towards getting some resolution. it was momentum building obviously starting today. and the terms we're talking about is nothing that's going to hamper how we do our business here on the house floor. i look forward to working with everybody not only in your republican conference but in the democratic party to finally

start putting some bills forward and getting things to happen. >> are you confident of that, that nothing that kevin mccarthy, now speaker mccarthy agreed to, that he acquiesced to is going to hamper his leadership? because there are a lot of changes including the fact that all they need, the people who are holding out would need is one member to call for a vote to oust the speaker, to vacate the chair. based on what we saw tonight it looks like that could happen kind of any time. >> tomorrow. >> i mean seriously. you think that's true? >> no, no. as i said before the theory behind that motion to vacate -- and it's always been a one person thing, but the theory behind it is back when you go to somebody like speaker hasker and

vomit out to issues to him and he says you're going, and there was a process you could take somebody out when they had criminal difficulties he had or other things. there has to be some room to move. and i've got to thank my friends on the democratic side who also appreciate the fact that tough decisions don't necessarily mean that the speaker should be removed. it means we all have to work together to try and do what's in the best interest of our country. >> as we were going through the week, you came on our air and you voiced your concern about what this process means for governing in the republican majority. do you still have those concerns, or are those concerns even more heightened now since we've seen this messiness to get to this point? >> i've always said with negotiations we have to trust each other, at some point we all have to hold hands and jump off the cliff together.

you either trust people to put in place on the committee and committee chairs to do their jobs correctly or you don't. and so hopefully through the resolution of all these issues moving forward we built that bond of trust in which we can continue to do the things that are in the best interest of our country and move forward. >> do you -- do you have trust in the people who were the holdouts until the end. >> dana, i give everybody the opportunity to earn trust, until they lose that opportunity, until they lose my trust. and i believe we all come to this with the same belief that we want to do what's in the best interest of our country. and we love our country. we just might happen to see how we go about the resolution on some of these issues in a different way. so first thing we have to do is put these things aside and sit down and talk about those things we can agree