mccarthy: gary, want to say a few words? mr. palmer: i'm really looking forward to the opportunity to serve as policy chair. kevin provided great leadership in working with us to develop the commitment to america. and it's resulted in historic gains in the house for us. incredible diversity. we really reflect america. there's one part that's not part of our conference and that's the socialists. we have a conference that represents what most americans want to see. a conference that's committed to putting american families and workers first. i'm proud to be a part of it. mr. hudson: thank you. richard hudson from north carolina. i'm honored to be part of this leadership team. i represent someone who had to win a tough election to come back. i understand what it takes to win back this majority. and i'll be a voice for all the folks in our conference. i'm very excited about working together in one unified message about what conservative principles can do to make america better for all americans and i believe that message is what's going to

honor to be here with our leader and our whip, with mike johnson, our newly elected vice chair, gary palmer, re-elected as policy chair. and richard hudson, who is going to be our conference secretary. we've just come from our leadership elections and the feeling in the room and the enthusiasm and the excitement about where we are and about the hard work ahead of us, the momentum and the energy to get that work done has been really remarkable. we have a tremendous class of incoming members, many of whom themselves have fought these challenges that we're fighting now. we've got four members of the incoming class who were born, whose families came to the united states from socialist countries, who have lived firsthand what it means when the government takes power away from the people. and when people lose their freedom. we are all absolutely committed to continue to fight against that and to make sure that the kinds of results that we saw in the house across this country are replicated and expanded in 2024. we also are committed to making sure that we do the work the american people sent us h