Since becoming the new House speaker, Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said that his office is going to be known for “decentralizing” power.
Before he was officially sworn in to serve as the 56th speaker, Johnson spoke to the chamber. He gave an outline of what his term will entail and what he hopes it will leave behind.
“As speaker of the House, it’s my job to serve everyone, and I will. But I promised my coworkers that this speaker’s office would be known for spreading power around,” Johnson said.
After a round of applause, he said, “My office is soon going to become known for its members becoming more actively involved as well as having a greater influence in our procedures in all the big decisions that take place here for regular order and also predictable processes.That is what we owe the people.”
Johnson became speaker after Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed from his position a little over three weeks ago. He won the vote by a margin of 220 to 199 on the House floor. There were no Republicans who voted in opposition to Johnson this week, but all Democrats on the floor voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
Jeffries gave Johnson the gavel as speaker after Johnson spoke in favor of several Democratic goals and called for an end to “gamesmanship,” “brinkmanship,” as well as “partisanship.”
Johnson then gave a speech in which he said, “The country needs strong leadership from this body, and we can not waver. In just a short while,” he said, the first bill he would submit to the House floor was going to be “in favor of our dear ally Israel.”
Hamas attacked Israel with terrorist strikes that killed more than 1,400 people, which included 33 Americans. This led to Israel going to war in the Gaza Strip.
Johnson additionally stated that he was going to set up a “bipartisan” committee to focus on the national debt, which has grown to more than $33.6 trillion, and he asked Congress to fix the “broken” southern border.
In another section of his speech, Johnson thanked McCarthy for his role in assisting the GOP gain the majority in the House, thanked his wife along with others for supporting and assisting them, and even said that Democrats and Republicans can find “common ground.”
Members of both parties gave Johnson standing ovations when he said things like “a strong America is beneficial for the whole world.”
They all talk of a strong America and then do everything they can to make America weak.
Can you imagine that a Democrat woke radical leftist was in charge. I hope the new speaker will tell us how he going to stop all this crazy Democrats they are the biggest enemy to the country unbelievable.we need to get rid of the hate America leftist in our Congress. Long live Israel they had no choice but attack now these terrorists I say wipe them out there calling for a cease fire now the Palestinians were dancing in the streets women and children were dancing now they can dance on ruble of gaza
Thank God Hakeem didn’t get in .
ABSOLUTELY!!
talk the talk
now walk the walk
or are you going to be another nancy
Thank you, Speaker Johnson, for your new ideas. This sounds like a great way to help save this country and the world. God Bless!
Luci Logic; “PRAYER is the key to Heaven, but FAITH unlocks the door!”! Our Prayer Warriors have been beseeching God to turn our beloved Country back in the RIGHT direction! We PRAYED,, had FAITH and God answered! SATAN, is in some graveyard beating his head against a marble tombstone!
since being elected speaker, I have received several daily requests for donations from the new speaker and his wife. Surely there is more to being the Speaker of the House than being a fund raiser.
Part of the job. Just delete them like I do most of the time!
You’re being scammed! Someone from the “Livid Left” is pulling your chain! They HATE IT when Conservatives start circumventing their manure-spreader of HATE! Especially when God creates a bountiful harvest with it!!
I think the new Speaker of the House will be a strong leader.
Politics is Corruption. and you need to get rid of corruption. Obama said this is not a Christian Nation and no one said anything about it. Shame on Christians. Speaker says this is a Christian Nation and the Left gets upset. We need to keep the left upset. People need to understand it’s not the left they have deserted the party and gone 100% Communist. Communist do not believe in Christianity. Democratic Communist Party do not believe in Christianity. All Christians need to get off there Hind and vote in all elections through 2024 and get this country straight and expel all the communist. We can make this country free again all you need to do is vote. Money is the rude of all evil, so you need to stop begging for money to do survey, audits and opinions. The people pay you and you get paid good compared to the rest of Americans. So just do your job. The United States will be a better place when all Christians Vote. United States is a Christian Nation.
You are right Tommy. The Democrats are hell bent in destroying this once great country & they have made a lot of progress in doing it for the past 3 years. In doing so they have pulled back the curtain and exposed themselves to everyone as they think they can use this generation of socialists plus mail in voting, drop boxes. vote manipulation with illegal immigrants & voting machines that work in their favor to win. I pray to god that we step up & police these areas & deliver a fair election we can trust again in 2024. Anyone that thinks Biden legally beat Trump in 2020 should get themselves checked into a mental hospital for supervised help.
Right on!
Tommy, the Bible says; The LOVE of money is the root of all evil! The LAST thing a God-loving Christian will do is BEG for money! Especially, when the ink is still wet from signing his Committment! WE depend on God to supply our needs! Which means; “Wait upon the Lord and he shall renew your strength”! When we commit ourselves to the Lord, he will supply our needs! Depending on our dedication, he will even supply some of our wants! He knows we won’t ask for something selfishly! I had much rather ask him to bless others! That way, I get a double blessing! Mike Johnson is going to make an amazing Speaker! I see a revival coming!
YES!
Actions speak louder than words!! Sad to hear the bew Speaker taking about “bipartisanship” and committees to explore the problems of corruption in our government. Even with legacy news outlets restricting news of such corruption there is enough information out there to start impeachment and criminal actions against many in government. In short, the Speaker needs to stop sounding like a RINO and start acting like a PATRIOT. Like it or not he is being counted on to lead the charge to restore Constitutional Government to the Country and Liberty to its people.
RINOS (WHICH I RENAMED Donkephants). They’re disloyal to both Parties, supporting the side that gives them the most power and benefits! Liz and Mitt are perfect examples of two Donkephants! I wouldn’t trust them in my hog pen, even with a muzzle on their snout!
AMEN!
Tommy, the Bible says; The LOVE of money is the root of all evil! The LAST thing a God-loving Christian will do is BEG for money! Especially, when the ink is still wet from signing his Committment! WE depend on God to supply our needs! Which means; “Wait upon the Lord and he shall renew your strength”! When we commit ourselves to the Lord, he will supply our needs! Depending on our dedication, he will even supply some of our wants! He knows we won’t ask for something selfishly! I had much rather ask him to bless others! That way, I get a double blessing! Mike Johnson is going to make an amazing Speaker! I see a revival coming!
Remove obama and his opinions from the media…remove biden from office….remove american soldiers from europe…remove our ships from europe…we need all of our military here to protect the USA from the evil obama and biden has let in our country…
I WONDER FOR OVER 50 YEARS WHY WE HAVE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN EUROPE WE NEED THEM OVER HERE TO PROTECT AMERICA AND OUR CITIZENS. JUST LOOK WHAT OBAMA AND BIDEN LET IN TO THIS COUNTRY WITH THIS OPEN BORDER.WHY IS OBAMA, HILLARY AND THE CORRUPT LIKES LIKE THEM STILL ON OUR MEDIA, THEY ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT IF EVER, WE DO NOT NEED THEIR RACE HATING LECTURES, OR ANYTHING ELLS. THEY ALL HATE AMERICA ,ARE TRAITORS TO THIS COUNTRY AND SHOULD BE IN PRISON.
we need to stop ellection fraud and electronic machines counting votes