Current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to become Speaker of the House when Republicans officially gain the majority in the chamber.
Until then, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana won unanimous support from House Republicans to be the new majority leader.
Scalise is an excellent choice for this role.
Virginia Aabrams reports at the Washington Examiner:
House Republicans unanimously back Steve Scalise for majority leaderThe House Republican conference elected Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Wednesday to serve as their majority leader when the next session of Congress begins in January.Scalise was uncontested for the position, and the move would keep him as the No. 2 to current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), assuming he becomes speaker of the House. McCarthy is facing a challenge from the more conservative wing of the GOP.”We’re ready to go to work day one, and we want to go fight for those hardworking families who are struggling and who are watching a Washington today that doesn’t care about them,” Scalise told the Washington Examiner about his plans for the majority earlier this month. “Democrats control the House, Senate, and White House, and they will not even bring bills to the floor to lower energy costs or to deal with inflation, or to secure the border because they want that far-left approach, even though it’s hurting regular people.”In his pitch to the conference Monday, Scalise was greeted warmly by the gathered party members. Among his priorities, he pledged the House would investigate Hunter Biden’s laptop.
You can read Scalise’s statement below:
You can also watch his remarks here:
Republicans have their work cut out for them. With a likely slim majority, they’re probably going to struggle to remain united on a number of issues.
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