Extra: House Majority Whip Emmer: 'GOP Will Give Americans A Better, More Transparent Congress'

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

After the tumultuous start, the 118th Congress is in session and the House Republicans say they're ready to start working on their agenda. But because of the early drama and the intra-party fighting that occurred before finally naming Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, there are concerns among conservatives that the GOP is too divided to get real action done and implement the change voters want. On Wednesday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) joined Jessica Rosenthal to discuss his expectations for the new GOP-led Congress and why he feels the new rules in place will help the country run more efficiently and more with more transparency. Rep. Emmer explained why he is confident that Republicans will be able to unite as a party and achieve goals like cutting spending and passing significant legislation. He also weighed in on what needs to get done to pass the debt limit on time. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire interview with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer and hear why the House's new majority leadership believes they're bringing something better to Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Emily Campagno, host of The Fox True Crime Podcast.
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0:30.0	Wanted on things like limiting oil reserve sales and slashing IRS funding, they first had
0:34.8	to adopt a rules package.
0:36.4	Some of the very rules that caused a lot of heartburn in the house the prior week,
0:40.6	as Congressman Kevin McCarthy went to round after round of voting to become speaker.
0:44.9	And while many things were called rules, Emma explains some of what got lumped in as
0:49.7	a rule was actually part of the separate agreement, and those items wound up in a separate
0:54.3	house document for Republican members to view.
0:57.2	Member says the goal is of course to adhere to the agreements, and they will provide context
1:00.8	and substance as to how the house operates, but as we all know, rules are rules.
1:06.1	And that package was adopted along party lines, 220 to 213, with only one Republican voting
1:13.2	against them.
1:14.6	We often have to cut interviews down for time during the week, but thought you might like
1:17.6	to hear this full interview.
1:19.2	Thanks for listening.
1:20.2	Please subscribe to the weekday rundown podcast if you haven't already.
1:23.5	Now here's House GOP Whip, Tom Emmer.
1:26.6	And the Fox News rundown extra.
1:33.5	Been quite a week and a half for the American people and for you guys in Congress.
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