On the recordJanuary 5, 2023
Madam Clerk, I rise to place into nomination the name of my friend from Florida, Byron Donalds, for Speaker of the House. You know, we are coming off an election just 2 months ago, a little less than 2 months ago, actually. What did that election tell us? Well, there were 5 million more Republicans who cast their ballots and told us that the American public wanted a change. They wanted a change from the policies of the left that has taken over the Democratic Party. It said they wanted a change, a change from this administration, this administration that has inflicted so much pain economically. We have seen crime explode. We have an administration that won't even acknowledge that there is a crisis on the border. I tell you to go on down to the border. I have invited this administration to come with me to the border. Let's see it firsthand. The American public said they want a change. They want something new. They want something different, and we are on a path that just continues. Where were we just 12 years ago? An $11 trillion national debt. Do you know where we are today? Almost three times that. Both parties share blame in that. We have to bring that under control. You bring that under control not just by changing the rules of an institution but by changing the leadership. I am told this process is painful. It is embarrassing, I am told. Do you know what it is? It is not dysfunction, and it is not imperiling.…





