Understanding the Job Ahead for Next House Speaker

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

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The removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday was historic, but now it's time to talk about the future, one knowledgeable Capitol Hill watcher says. "We are at a critical juncture in this country," says Ryan Walker, executive vice president of Heritage Action for America, an independent, nonprofit organization affiliated with The Heritage Foundation, which is the parent organization of The Daily Signal. "If we don't solve the spending problem," Walker says, "we won't have a country to issue treasury bonds for in the future." The Heritage Action leader says the job of the next speaker of the House is to rein in out-of-control government spending and "talk through this with the Senate and, more importantly, with the American people." Walker joins this episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about the official candidates for House speaker and how long the process of electing a new speaker may take. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, October 5, I'm Virginia Allen. Tuesday night
0:11.6	was a historic moment in the House of Representatives here in Washington, D.C. House Speaker Kevin
0:17.2	McCarthy was ousted from his position as House Speaker. On Monday night, Florida Republican
0:23.2	Representative Matt Gaetz introduced emotion to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from
0:28.2	his position as Speaker. And then on Tuesday, eight Republicans joined all Democrats to remove
0:34.8	McCarthy. Now the question is, what happens next? The executive vice president of Heritage
0:41.0	Action for America, Ryan Walker, is joining us on the show today to answer that question.
0:46.1	Stay tuned for our conversation after this.
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1:05.3	Lauren Evans, and me, Virginia Allen, are joined by other conservative women to break down
1:11.0	the big issues and news you care about. Whether you're interested in hot takes and conversations
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1:35.0	and follow the show on Instagram. Heritage Action for America's Executive Vice President
1:45.0	Ryan Walker is with us. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for having me.
1:48.7	Okay, so let's start at the beginning and talk about how exactly this all happened. Why
1:55.4	did Representative Matt Gates bring a motion to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the
2:00.3	first place?
2:01.3	It's a good question. According to Congressman Gates, if you listen to his speech on the
2:06.8	floor yesterday, or his public pronouncements, interviews with the reporters, his perception
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