Republicans Elect Mike Johnson as House Speaker, Ending Party Chaos

“The Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress.” “First, a few words of gratitude. I want to thank Leader Jeffries. I do look forward to working with you on behalf of the American people. I know we see things from very different points of view, but I know that in your heart you love and care about this country and you want to do what’s right. And so we’re going to find common ground there, all right. I want to express my great thanks for our speaker emeritus, Kevin McCarthy. He is the reason we’re in this majority today. [applause] Last thing I’m going to say is a message to the rest of the world: They have been watching this drama play out for a few weeks. We’ve learned a lot of lessons. But you know what? Through adversity, it makes you stronger. And — yeah, and we want our allies around the world to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations. Let the enemies of freedom around the world hear us loud and clear. The people’s House is back in business.”