speaker. like so many others, i deeply regret that we are here in what was a totally avoidable situation. i must take you back to january, however, which for many of us was about not repeating the failures of the past and letting republican voters across the country down once again, when in the past for many years when republicans have had majorities in this chamber, we've passed our major spending bills predominantly with democrat votes, something the other side of the house has never and would never do with majority control. back in january, i expressed my concern that the previous two years during my first term here in the house, we had not used every tool at our disposal to fight against the harmful, radical democrat agenda that is destroying the country, bankrupting the country, and under which the american people are suffering. but most in here wouldn't know that i helped persuade my five colleagues who comprised the remaining resistance in the wee morning hours of january 7 to switch ou

speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. meeks: i rise in support of this extraordinary important resolution written with my friend and colleague, chairman mccall. 18 days ago the state of israel suffered the greatest mass murder perpetuated against the jewish people since the holocaust when hamas terrorists invaded israel by land, by sea, and by air. behaving just like isis, hamas terrorists murdered and beheaded soldiers and civilians alike, babies were shot and burned in their cribs and reduced to smoldering piles of ash, babies. children were murdered. teenagers were murdered. men and women were murdered. elderly people, including holocaust survivors, murdered. hamas has also taken 200 of those who survived into gaza as hostages, including unaccompanied children, holocaust survivors, and many american citizens. mr. speaker, hamas' attack was truly unprecedented. and when you consider the size of israel's population, proportionatel

he was a weaker speaker. regardless, even if kevin mccarthied is to survive this roll call vote, he will be a weaker speaker. he was considered to be many a weaker speaker coming in because he only had a four-seat majority. the fact that there were 11 republicans that voted against him. i can't tell you definitively here what the magic number will be to get across the finish line. right now there's 433 members of the house. magic number is 2017 if everybody votes. we don't know if people will be voting present. we know nancy pelosi, the former speaker of the house has been in san francisco for the funeral of the late senator dianne feinstein. so she's not here. there's another member, anna paulina luna absent because she's had a child, this is complex math this afternoon trying to figure out if kevin mccarthy can continue as speaker. if he can win -- it's basically a no confidence vote. you have that in european systems and whether or not he can survive here, neil. >> neil: so it is the math as you often remi

speaker. like so many others, i deeply regret that we are here in what was a totally avoidable situation. i must take you back to january, however, which for many of us was about not repeating the failures of the past and letting republican voters across the country down once again, when in the past for many years when republicans have had majorities in this chamber, we've passed our major spending bills predominantly with democrat votes, something the other side of the house has never and would never do with majority control. back in january, i expressed my concern that the previous two years during my first term here in the house, we had not used every tool at our disposal to fight against the harmful, radical democrat agenda that is destroying the country, bankrupting the country, and under which the american people are suffering. but most in here wouldn't know that i helped persuade my five colleagues who comprised the remaining resistance in the wee morning hours of january 7 to switch ou

that would indicate to me they are going to do to have a speaker election right away and speaker election right away and >> after being ousted as speaker of the house earlier today we expect to hear from kevin mccarthy speaking to reporters in about 20 minutes. florida representative matt gaetz called for the vote that led to his removal. congressman gaetz spoke after the vote defending his decision to offer a motion to vacate the chair. matt: mccarthy said he wanted us to bring it on so i guess we did. reporter: when we spoke to you yesterday before you introduced the motion you didn't sound confident you would have the votes. now you do. what does that tell you about matt: what that tells me is you're very poor at reading conferences. [indiscernible] matt: kevin mccarthy couldn't keep his word and made an agreement in january regarding the way washington would work and he disregarded that. we face a $2.2 trillion deficit. kevin mccarthy is a creature of the swamp. he's risen to hauer by collecting special interest money and restricting that money in exchange for favors. we're breaking t

speaker. he did the right thing. he did the right thing i think for this institution. he showed it could function in a time of crisis. finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. he made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve some of the very objectives my friend from virginia laid out and achieve them in divided government which calls for some degree of give and take. so i'm very proud of this speaker. i'm very proud to stand behind him. tomorrow morning, whether i win or lose, i'm going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with, and i'm going to be extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for, the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. [ applause ] with that i reserve the balance of my time. >> gentleman from oklahoma's time is reserved. gentleman from florida. >> mr. speaker, my friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i who don't support kevin mccarthy would plunge the house and the country into chaos. chaos is speaker mccarthy. chaos is somebody who we canno

speaker. motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. at the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. now, we know there are six. and we're learning that mccarthy's republican allies are attempting to make a last-minute plea to the 212 house democrats there, to try to join them, to save him. but house democrats appear to be united in not wanting to rescue mccarthy. democratic leader hakeem jeffries just sent what is known as a dear colleague letter to his fellow democrats. saying it's the responsibility of the gop to end their own house republican civil war. let's go right to capitol hill now where we find cnn's manu raju and cnn's melanie zanona. manu, to you first, what are you hearing from republicans as this vote gets closer and closer? >> reporter: well, they're coming to grips with the reality that kevin mccarthy simply does not have the votes to survive the afternoon measures. the first vote will happen in just a matter of minutes.

submitted by the speaker, pursuant to the rule acts as speaker pro tem until the election of a new speaker. and bestows the authority of the office of speaker on the speaker pro tem to the extent necessary and appropriate to that end. in the opinion of the chair, prior to proceeding to the election of a speaker, it will be prudent to first recess for the relative caucus and conferences to meet and discuss the path forward. accordingly, pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess, subject to the recall of the chair. >> an angry gaveling down by the man named as speaker pro tem, meaning he is the temporary speaker of the house, that is congressman patrick mchenry, a republican from north carolina, a close ally of kevin mccarthy who is no longer the speaker of the house. let us go to manu raju, who is outside the house chamber. m manu, a devastating day for former speaker kevin mccarthy, who told reporters that the 15 rounds he went through of balloting in january taught him how to govern. apparently not so much. >> yeah, he thought he was >> he thought he would b

speaker. national clean energy week just passed by, it should be a time to recognize the various forms of clean energy available to all of us. unfortunately one form continues to be taken not as seriously and even in many cases undermined and that would be hydroelectric power. which has so many benefits. yet hydroelectric dams across this country, including part in the klamath area of my district, are being torn out. because of an environmental agenda that isn't even true. others are on the hit list like up in washington. as policy leaders and consumers push for a more green future, hydropower should be part of that solution, as a lot of the needed infrastructure already exists. as well, nuclear power. so why are we seeing dams that supplied low-cost, renewable energy that already exists and in some cases were there for a century, being decommissioned? because here's the trick. you make it where it's almost impossible to the maintenance and -- to do the maintenance and upgrades to that infrast

speaker. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 996. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. comer: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 2379. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2379. a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 616 east main street in st. charles, illinois, as the veterans of the vietnam war memorial post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, and the gentl

as to who would be speaker. frankly, in the conference rules going into november, december time frame, we had a debate about making it so that the conference could move to vacate, but only with a majority of the conference. what kevin did as part of the negotiation to become speaker was move to five people could move to vacate to ultimately one person could move to vacate. so the idea of avoiding that question would've left everything still simmering. and the reality is you could have the same bloc of people take down every single rule we put on the floor. so there really is no path to govern once you've got -- no you longer have the majority. we only have the majority as long as we work together as a party. >> so, the other thing that i think is stunning, and i think it should be stunning to the m american people, and i don't know if you expected this or not, but patrick mchenry saying that congress is going to go home for a week to socialize so that possible candidates for speakers could socialize their candid

before that next speaker's election. this election is happening on a condensed timeline. usually, there is months of jockeying behind the scenes before that election. then, you have the factor of former president trump weighing in on the race. he is very much still a leader and player in the republican party, holds a lot of sway. it is unclear whether he will sway people to support jim jordan for speaker over steve scalise, the majority leader. but, the fact that he weighs in -- usually, we do not see presidential candidates weighing in on house leadership elections. of course, you have this interesting scenario where fox news is going to host what they called a joint interview with the candidates for speaker. that was announced on friday. very quickly, there were republican members who said they did not think that was a good idea. they wanted to hear from the candidates first. if the candidates asked the candidates pulled out of that and that was highlighting the unusual nature of this and how much of a national spectac

speaker. he did the right thing. he did the right thing for this institution. he showed it could function in a time of crisis. finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. he made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve the objects my friend from virginia laid out and achieved them in divided government. so i'm very proud of this speaker. i'm very proud to stand behind him. tomorrow morning whether i win or lose, i'm going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with and i'm be extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for, the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. with that i reserve the balance of my time. [applause] >> the gentleman from oklahoma's time is reserved. the gentleman from florida. >> my friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i don't support kevin mccarthy would plunge the house and the country in to chaos. chaos is speaker mccarthy. chaos is somebody that we cannot trust with their word. the one thing that the white house, house democrats and many of

chaos is speaker mccarthy. is somebody who we cannot trust with their world word. >> he has kept his word. i think we should keep him as speaker. >> i think it is time to make a change. -- not the only one -- >> everyone who knows kevin mccarthy, whether they are friend or foe, knows that kevin mccarthy is a happy warrior. >> i will just say, if this house of representatives has exceeded all expectations, and we definitely need direct a shuns. >> the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> tonight the big news? mccarthy told his party he will not run for the speakership again. >> i will never give up on the american people. that doesn't mean i have to be speaker to do what i have to do for the american people. >> but at this point, the question really is, who would even want this job? >> -- the speakership. >> absolutely not. i have no desire -- >> laura coates, matt gaetz there, seemingly and unwittingly admitting that everyone likes to throw b

we want to get the best speaker speaker we can get.lp lead to what the american people voted for when they gave us the house majority. >> and yet when i look at calendar, any mention this will not take place in last week in the actual vote there's actually, we're gonna be without a leaker four-week. mccarthy not leaving, again it takes 218 votes as you said. who can actually get to these votes, to try to drive over the point that you're making, i know the gates keeps playing this but he doesn't want the job, and it did take 15 rounds, despite what you say what was a kind of a foregone conclusion. it took 15 rounds for mccarthy to get it. so who do you support? >> it only took 15 rounds because we broke history in did something that hadn't happened in 160 of years with members of congress voted against the presumptive leader. that hadn't happened in 60 years. that put changes in place for how congress will operate. we returned regular order when members in the minority and majority party have import, amendments working for a commitment.

for the life of me on not sure why speaker mccarthy would not -- ex-speaker mccarthy, not put that bill on the floor. i think you would pass a vote for ukrainian funding in a bipartisan way. host: should it be a single bill or should it be attached to something? what is the best way forward on that? guest: either one would be fine with us. a single bill is going to get over 300 votes. so, the majority of democrats and i think you will get over 100 republicans. it should pass the senate as well. either one would be fine. host: there is a story in the wall street journal this morning that says the u.s. funding system for ukrainian salary and key government expenditure is expected to run out next month. it pays the salaries of 150,000 civil servants in ukraine, more than half a million teachers, and so on. what case would you make that this is good spending by the u.s. government? guest: i think supporting ukrainian defense is good spending, allowing the ukrainians to defend their own sovereignty, standing up to the illegal invasion by vladimir putin. i think that is good for democracy aro

speaker pro temp -- mr. speaker pro temp, madam clerk, colleagues, i rise today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, as speaker of the people's house. we are at a time of great crisis across america. a time of historic challenges in this very chamber. and a time when heinous acts of terror and evil have been committed against our great ally, israel. as this body convenes for the sacred responsibility to elect the next speaker of the people's house, i am reminded of the book of esther. for such a time is this. jim jordan will be america's speaker for such a time as this. a time when hardworking american families are struggling under the vice of inflation. not able to afford groceries, heat or gas because of the trillions and trillions of dollars of reckless spending by failed far-left government. a time when millions are being illegally trafficked and smuggled across our southern and northern borders to you to the catastrophic -- due to the catastrophic and inhumane wide open borders of joe biden.

the speaker fought through 15 votes in january to become speaker.as only willing to fight through one failed c.r. before surrendering to the democrats on saturday. we need a speaker who will fight for something, anything, besides just staying or becoming speaker. if there was ever a time to fight with $33 trillion in national debt, 2 trillion deficit this year, 40 year high inflation, 20 year high interest rates, downgraded credit rating and the first time in modern history, the polls showing despite all the help of the media blaming republicans in the house, the polls showed that the public was blaming biden and the democrats for an imminent shutdown. if not fight now, when would we fight? now is and was the time. with the democrats driving the fiscal bus off the cliff at 100 miles an hour, we cannot simply contend to be the party that slows it down to 95 to be in the front seat and wear the captain's hat. our current debt and spending trajectory is unsustainable. we need a speaker, ideally somebody who doesn't want to be speaker and has not pursue

speaker pro tem, i'm proud to nominate hakeem jeffries for speaker. i yield back. [applause] host: california earlier today nominating hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader, to be speaker. as you saw earlier, the no candidate received enough votes -- no candidate received enough votes to become speaker. we are now 14 days without a speaker of the house. jim jordan fall 20g votes short of what he needed. 200 republicans voting for him. all 212 democrats voting for hakeem jeffries. many republicans voting for others like kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, etc. we're getting your reaction to how this unfolded today on the house floor. robert, naples, florida. hi, robert. caller: hi, how are you today. i was surprised, i was glad to hear that mario diaz-balart, he's my representative, was mentioned. he would make a fine speaker of the house. jim jordan is a firebrand, always has been. never passed a bill. is a member of the college of trump. i and as soon as we get that out america will function properly again. host: what do you think the party does at this juncture? they

thank you, mr speaker. speaker:— let it. thank you, mr speaker. i speaker:_ thank let it.thank you, mr speaker- i — speaker: prime minister. thank you, mr speaker. i thank _ speaker: prime minister. thank you, mr speaker. i thank the _ speaker: prime minister. thank you, mr speaker. i thank the leader - speaker: prime minister. thank you, mr speaker. i thank the leader of - mr speaker. i thank the leader of the opposition for his constructive comments and his support. on humanitarian aid, just to recap, by announcing an additional £20 million today we will be doubling our aid to the region which is already one of the region which is already one of the most leading contributions of any country in the world. my development minister will remind me, but i think around 10% of the un mission in the region is funded by uk contributions, most of our aid is funnelled through them. it is also worth bearing in mind that president sisi specifically commended the efforts of the uk alongside the us in ensuring that the rafah crossing could be open and functioning, testament to the work

he should be the speaker. steve scalise won the vote and we have five people loyal to jim so they would not about for steve -- so they would not vote for steve. steve was true. you cannot play game where no one is playing the roles. 95% of us pay by the rules. 5% don't and they have been orchestrated this since january to get to this point with mr. jordan. i think is unacceptable. host:, rissman don bacon last night with reporters. he will be a key vote to watch today. the election of the 56th speaker of the house set to begin around noon eastern time. we will have gavel to gavel coverage here. taking her phone calls ahead of that vote, this is just in spring valley, california. caller: thank you for taking my call. a bipartisan aid should rise up and vote for hakeem jeffries and the country will move along. thank you for taking my call. host: this is that's -- this is in virginia, dennis. caller: morning. i have been a republican my whole voting lifetime. i am 69 years old. i have never been more embarrassed

speaker. maybe you missed some of that process play out, you want to see it again. a couple of ways to do that, is the c-span now app which you can download and carry with you wherever you go throughout the day. you can go to the website or you can stay put and watch it as we re-air the house vote today. we will start with the nominating speeches. the speaker pro tempore: if the tellers will please come forward and take their seats. tellers. the gentleman, mr. loudermilk. the gentlelady from alabama, ms. the nominations are now in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise for the purpose of placing in nomination the name of the honorable jim jordan for the position of speaker of the house at the direction of the republican caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, two weeks and one day ago, i was on this house floor and in this chamber, def

speaker pro tem. host: this is stephen in california, line for democrats. you are on with ray smock. caller: i have a quick question. you mentioned the current speaker was the second shortest. it was the first shortest tenure? guest: there are two answers to that. one is michael kerr in 1876. he died in office. he was only speaker 267 days, two day shorter than kevin mccarthy. there was a strange event that occurred in 1869, where a speaker was elected for one day. that was theodore pomeroy of new york. the reason is that the former speaker, skyler covax, had just been elected vice president. colfax was resigning to become vice president so they needed a speaker, it was the last day of the session. thomas pomeroy was only speaker for one day. host: this is why we love having you stop by. this is carolyn in georgetown, delaware. republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i guess my question is that even though we do not have a speaker right now, are all committees still functioning as usual and i

a speaker has not been elected. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> what we'll see play out is anybody's guess. we have been talking with legislators throughout the course of this morning about the idea of expanding the current powers of the speaker pro tempore, patrick mchenry. debate going on between republicans and democrats over that with the democrat from maryland, steny hoyer, on the steps of the capitol talking about this idea. what he thinks of t here's a portion of that. mr. hoyer: we have to discuss what the terms of that are. but it was important for us to get the congress working on behalf of the american people. and the way we move forward is in a bipartisan fashion. that's the way we are going to move forward. that's wait we'll get the congress working -- that's the way we'll get the congress working. the extreme element of the republican party has now shut down the congress for maybe three weeks since september 1. by not vo

visit ncicap.org] more on the race for speaker of the house. we are joined by anthony adragna , politico's congressional reporter. the headline of your article and i know you may not have written this, it reads "it's on, the bareknuckle battle for house gop leadership spot begins. anthony: it is shaping up chaotically. we do not have a good sense for how quickly this race is going to be settled. something i've heard from a lot of rank-and-file members i've spoken with today is that nobody has a clear path yet. that may change. obsolete the house is out right now. they're going to be signing each other out next tuesday with the idea of holding the election on wednesday. but i think even at this point with two candidates it is not clear whether or not there's a real clear path for somebody to get the support they need to be elected speaker. so a lot of fluid dynamics in this race, which is still unfolding. host: are we hearing where other candidates are jumping in for speaker? anthony: my colleague reported that kevin o'hearn is taking a close lo

not having a speaker, instead having a replacement speaker, but that in historical context. guest: the rule that allows mr. mchenry to ascend to the speaker part importing position, -- speaker pro tempore was adopted in the aftermath of september 11. that was over continuity concerns. folks were worried about events incapacitating people. so we have not had the world out long. this is a different set of circumstances and the drafters of the role imagine. they wrote the role, they were thinking about a mass catastrophe where the speaker was dead or incapacitated. this is different. we are seeing that play out in terms of what mr. mchenry is doing within the speaker pro tempore position. there is a lot of speculation about what he can and cannot do. we know? guest: that is an open question. there are questions with the situation in israel what can he do? a lot of republicans want to move forward. in a normal week, house republicans would bring a resolution to the floor and maybe put democrats who are synthetic to palestine on defense, but they cannot do anything. however, that

joe canon was the speaker of the house then.offered his own motion to vacate, because there were members not pleased with his speakership and dared people, you want to vote against me, see how it goes. and he prevailed with the minority party. and see if kevin mccarthy has some distance by democrats, even though the leadership has said they would not support re-electing kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> john: it's going down a different way, but a lot of historic precedence here. the big question is, how many allies does gaetz have? i would assume that with hakeem jeffries saying he's going to get the democratic caucus to vote to vacate the chair, likely would not be defections from that, they are unified when the leader sends marching orders. how many democrats, or how many republicans are needed to bolster the democratic caucus in order to vacate the chair? and how many votes can gaetz count on? >> mccarthy said if there are five republicans who vote against me, i'm out. this is where the parlimentary algebra is so ch

next speaker should have? >> i appreciate for entertainment purposes that you'd like me to name someone, but i'm not going to disclose my hand, i'm not going to show my hand. there are several who i think would be good. we will be vetting those candidates, meeting with those candidates, asking them questions, asking them about what they'll do differently. what their commitments will be, and we'll be doing that together as a body. no one of us can pick a speaker. a handful of us can block things in a narrow majority, but the good news is we will own together whoever emerges as speaker after tuesday's candidate forum as we vote that person in perhaps as early as wednesday. they will have to get 218 votes and we will have a vested interest in their success because the country needs them to be successful but all of us members, 218 out of 221 for that person to advance as speaker. >> you were one of the handful of republicans who voted with democrats. you were the outsider within your own party making this vote to

jeffries: speaker mike johnson and speaker emerita pelosi. whip clark, chairman aguilar and all of my colleagues, honor and privilege to stand before you as house democratic leader. from the very beginning of this congress, house democrats have made clear that we will find bipartisan, common ground with our republican colleagues whenever and wherever possible, for the good of the american people. and house democrats have repeatedly done just that. it was house democrats who provided a majority of the votes necessary to avoid a catastrophic default on our debt that would have crashed the u.s. economy and triggered a job-killing recession and house democrats provided majority of the votes necessary to avoid a government shutdown that would have hurt everyday americans. it was house democrats who provided a majority of the votes necessary to secure 16 billion in disaster assistance for americans whose lives have been been devastated from extreme weather events from the beginning of this congress. house democrats have been governing for the peopl

and, also, it means that we go without a speaker. he is acting as the speaker pro tem.his is a continuity of government function that was put in place after 9/11 that you have somebody who kind of is administratively the speaker pro tem. they are not actually the speaker and that's what patrick mchenry is. it's pretty clear to me that they were not going to re-vote tonight. the house can't do anything until it elects a speaker. you can't put something on the floor, a bill. say to fund the government or honor a girl scout troop. committees are still in order. and, you know, jim jordan and others indicate oh, we are still going to forge ahead with our impeachment inquiry. but at some point might have you people even on the republican side of the aisle say you're focused on impeachment and we can't even elect a speaker and barely keep the government open? what are you doing? some moderates might blame them for that so, because they are not getting direction from the speaker. keep in mind that the speaker is the first person mentioned in the constitution. they are the const

~ ., . speaker? i don't know that it will be next _ speaker?ill be next tuesday but - speaker? i don't know that it will be next tuesday but i'm| will be next tuesday but i'm confident that by the end of wednesday we will have a speaker will start working on appropriations bills, yes. congressmen ken buck, thank you so much forjoining us.— so much for “oining us. thank ou. the biden administration has weighed in on tuesday's events on capitol hill. after the vote, presidentjoe biden said, in a statement... "the urgent challenges facing our nation will not "wait", he hopes the house will quickly elect a speaker. the american people deserve leadership that puts the issues affecting their lives front and center. i spoke with democratic representative annie kuster for her take on the democrats role in all of this. are you surprised at what we saw transpire today?- saw transpire today? well, i wasn't surprised, _ saw transpire today? well, i wasn't surprised, because . saw transpire today? well, i i wasn't surprised, because we have seen it coming f

speaker. the one thing i know, and never having been won or aspired to be one, is that it takes a spine of steel to do this job. my job has that kind of determination. has that kind of character. has that kind of spine. and i think the next -- next speaker is going to need that quality. i know he has that in great abundance. if you are a republican it should be a pretty easy decision. this is somebody who believes what we believe. and has fought for and shown that over and over again. i first got to know him and a lot of his focus was on spending. that is exactly when the focus of this house should be. he has laid out a plan, not just a short-term plan as to how we deal with the appropriations process, i am an appropriate are and i think i know that is not the root of the problem. unlike any other speaker we have had, he has tried to talk about a long-term plan. to talk about a long-term plan. and to get at the real drivers of debt and we all know what they are. we all know it's social securit

speaker. the tellers will please come forward to take their seats. the speaker pro tempore: i f the tellers would please come forward and take their seats. tellers? the speaker pro tempore: m r. lowdermilk, the gentlelady from alabama, ms. sewell. the speaker pro tempore: the nominations are now in order, the chair recognizes mr. cole. mr. cole: mr. speaker, i rise for purpose of placing the nomination, the name of the honorable jim jordan to the position of speaker of the house at the direction of the republican party. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: two weeks and one day ago i was on this house floor and in this chamber defending my very good friend and our former speaker, mr. mccarthy, from an effort to vacate the chair. and in the course of that speech, i made the rehashing that those who did this, whether intentionally or unintentionally were going to put the congress in a state of chaos and the country into a state of uncertainty. i think the last two week

speaker. there was probably no way he could avoid that, but he knew the second he lowered this threshold down to one member, this was going to happen some day. john boehner faced this very threat. i think he could have survived that because he had some good will among democrats who probably would have stepped up and saved him. when paul ryan took over, he said look, i'm not going to live this way. i'm not going to be speaker of the house with this gun pointed at my head all the time. basically arranged a handshake agreement with the freedom caucus to say you're never going use this against me and that held for as long as we were there. mccarthy knew this day was coming. you can't govern like this when just any one member or five members, i guess, can set the, can make a constitutional change. a constitutional officer change hands. when teaming up with democrats. it's absurd. it's why he was pushed so many times to the right, to the right, to the right, making promises he knew he couldn't deliv

speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 2, 2023. i hereby appoint the honorable mike bost to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of january 9, 2023, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with the time equally allotted between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip -- minority whip will be limited to five minutes, but in no event shall the debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. nickel, for five minutes. mr. nickel: thank you, mr. speaker. it's monday morning and the federal government is open for business. we came just hours away from a shutdown this weekend, with 209 house democrats and 125 house republic

since when is a republican speaker going to keep a democratic speaker in? why could not four or five of those republicans who did not want mccarthy come over with the democrats? host: we will take your questions. guest: you make a really good point. that is the argument that the democrats on the hill are making. democrats never vote for republican speakers and two weeks ago when they put it with it republicans who opposed kevin mccarthy to vacated the speakership, that was the argument the democrats were making. we do not support republican speakers. mccarthy had a long list of things he had done that they did not like. most recently, going on tv on sunday after keeping the government open on saturday and winning democrats with the government shutdown shutdown when democrats provided a majority of the votes to keep the government open. that was a move mccarthy made him generate sixth, the trump experience -- made, january 6, the trump experience, a lot of arguments against mccarthy. as we tied it back to empower patrick mchenry, democrats are looking for co

speaker pro temp -- mr. speaker pro temp, madam clerk, colleagues, i rise today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, as speaker of the people's house. we are at a time of great crisis across america. a time of historic challenges in this very chamber. and a time when heinous acts of terror and evil have been committed against our great ally, israel. as this body convenes for the sacred responsibility to elect the next speaker of the people's house, i am reminded of the book of esther. for such a time is this. jim jordan will be america's speaker for such a time as this. a time when hardworking american families are struggling under the vice of inflation. not able to afford groceries, heat or gas because of the trillions and trillions of dollars of reckless spending by failed far-left government. a time when millions are being illegally trafficked and smuggled across our southern and northern borders to you to the catastrophic -- due to the catastrophic and inhumane wide open borders of joe biden.

the speaker issue is just one of them. the republicans need to take back their party and stop being afraid of whatever they are afraid of and start serving the american people. we are watching. they sit up there we are trying to work for you and point fingers at the democrats and need to start working with democrats and look at their own house. clean up your own house before you start pointing fingers and need to work for us not the other way. get out of their heads about this 2020 election and move on and take back their party and work for us as public servants. that's what this country needs. thank you. host: joe from mississippi -- this is alonzo from texas, republican line. caller: i agree with the gentleman a couple calls back. anyone who voted to dessert file that 2020 election should be nowhere near that speaker's gavel. i'm an african-american man and been voting up until obama. he was the first democrat i voted for. the republican party is -- i don't want any of them, none of them are worth ascending to the speake

a speaker, we have finally gotten a speaker. with that i would say there is no crossover in voting. for the people out there who don't understand that, i apologize that it has been -- for you to know that yet. host: joanna, germantown, maryland, democratic caller. let me try again here for joanna. germantown, maryland, democratic caller. caller: good morning. host: good morning to you, go ahead. caller: my main comment is about ukraine, but i want to respond to that republican congressman you just talked to. number one, president biden didn't come out on january 1, 2021 and say we are not going to have an open order. he never said that. secondly in 2021 as well as in this packet she is proposing, money for border protection. more border agents and more immigration judges. and guess what, republicans voted against that. they voted against that in 2021. but my main comment is about ukraine, the funding for ukraine. we had a moral and strategic obligation to ukraine. first of all, let's talk about the strategic. if we allow putin t

of the speaker without having chosen a speaker makes no sense. we need to take a step back, do our job and choose a speaker. host: arguments for and against empowering the speaker pro tem, what do you think of that? michael, republican caller. caller: how are you today? host: good morning. caller: yes, i am talking about the speaker. i think what is going on in the house is ridiculous. they are supposed to be there for the people, they are making it personal. it is business. it is sad because i don't think republicans can do anything right. if they wanted to elect joe biden again, they are helping him now. i think they're making a big mistake. get back to work, the world is in chaos. they said it was chaos under mr. trump, i find that hard to believe. this is really bad stuff. i hope they get back to work, do the job for the american people. host: who should be the speaker? caller: i honestly don't know. i think they should go outside the house. find somebody. nobody is going to agree with anybody that is in that house. host: how do you find a co

should mccarthy be speaker again? sure. should jordan be speaker? yes. it's ridiculous we cannot support any of these people that support and are in regular communication with trump. this country is torn apart because ofthis. you know, trump obviously didn't create everybody to be like this. but he allowed the prejudice, the violence, the division, and now, like i said, the whole world. god bless ukraine. let's not forget ukraine. host: susan, tell you what susan in south dakota, we appreciate your views. denise in polk, pennsylvania. republicans. caller: yesm i don't mind, we need a speaker. it doesn't matter if it's republican or democrat. but we need a speaker. now. we have nobody that -- we have nobody defending us at the border. we have israel that needs us. we have ukraine that needs us. we need -- the american people that needs us if these conflicts -- congressmen can't do their jobs then next year when we vote we get all new representatives in congress. stop playing with these old folks that have been in congress all these years and let's get new

speaker. whole house with those affected in particular friends and family of those who lost their lives, this morning i had meetings with colleagues in addition to duties in the house, i should have further such meetings today. >> thank you, mr. speaker and. express my sympathy to all those affected by the storms, two million people cannot be sustained from 2008 -- catastrophe is unleashed in gaza. only a hume ceasefire can bring about the scale of emergency aid that is needed. we must peak out when laws are breached, two million civilians, and million children of food and water. will he pris israel to restore the supply of the essentials. >> mr. speaker, it is important that we do everything that we can to get humanitarian aid to those who need it in gaza. we're doubling our international aid to the region and why the development minter is engaged with our partners on the ground to ensure the aid gets to people. >> thank you, mr. speaker. double child rapist and murderer collin had a parole h