What Does a New Speaker Mean for Congress? | Richard Stern

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The election of Mike Johnson, R-La., as Speaker of the House has set a new legislative agenda in Congress. Richard Stern joins Heritage Explains once again to talk about what’s getting passed and why it’s important.

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0:00.0	Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.
0:06.7	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:11.3	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:14.5	To remind the current regime.
0:18.7	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
0:22.5	All for action to get back in their box and stay there.
0:28.0	Lift-off.
0:28.9	We have a left-down.
0:31.9	From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:40.6	On January 30th, 1972, a boy was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
0:47.7	His parents, Pat and Gene, were not married.
0:50.9	They were only teenagers at the time.
0:53.0	But that young man has gone on to have quite a notable
0:55.9	career. He became a lawyer representing organizations like Alliance Defending Freedom, a professor
1:01.8	at Liberty University, and eventually a congressman for the state of Louisiana. And on October 25th,
1:07.7	he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. I think all the American people at one time had great pride in this institution, but right now,
1:16.6	that's in jeopardy. And we have a challenge before us right now to rebuild and restore that trust.
1:23.6	This is a beautiful country. It's the beauty of America that allows a firefighter's kid like me to come here and serve in this sacred chamber, where great men and women have served before all of us and strive together to build and then preserve what Lincoln did refer to as the last best hope of man on earth.
1:41.8	We stand at a very dangerous time.
1:43.8	I'm stating the obvious. We all know that.
1:45.4	The world is in turmoil. But a strong America is good for the entire world.
1:53.7	Mike Johnson, a committed conservative, now holds the speaker's gavel. But there was a lot of work to be
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