We will use the power of the purse and power of the subpoena to get the job done.

Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate Hakeem Jeffries of New York for Speaker of this House. Madam Clerk, I speak on behalf of the Democratic Caucus when I say that there is no victory in adjourning without doing the business of the people…

Madam Clerk, I rise again to nominate Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House. Madam Clerk, I thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle for sharing his American Dream story and to his family for being with him at his side. It is…

Madam Clerk, I rise today to nominate Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House. Vote after vote, Democrats stand united and ready to work on behalf of the American people under the leadership of Hakeem Jeffries. Vote after vote, nomination…

What we saw in that Senate today, was a cowardly group of Republicans.

He must go.

I am not afraid of that. I mean he said, I'm not going to be a weaker speaker.

It's better that we go through this process right now so we can achieve the things we want to achieve for the American public, what our commitment was.

Madam Clerk, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216, nays 214, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 8] YEAS--216 Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei…

Members are not going to lose their committee assignments.

I just think we've got some progress going on. We've got members talking. I think we've got a little movement. So, we'll see.

It's better that we go through this process, right now, so we can achieve the things, we want to achieve, for the American public.

I don't think a vote tonight makes any difference, but I think the vote in the future will.

I don't want to put any timeframe on it. But he'd said that talks have been productive.

He believes progress is being made, talks will continue, and that he'll eventually get there.

We just learned about a new offer being made, by Kevin McCarthy, to his opponents, inside the Republican Party.

We want to find where the origins of COVID began, so it never starts again. How did that happen?

The President bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters.