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The one thing you always have to remember is majorities are not given – they’re earned, we never take anything for granted, but I feel good because of the quality of the candidates we have running from Rhode Island to New Hampshire to Connecticut to Oregon to Washington to Arizona to California.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I think people are going to be sitting in a recession, and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
As part of our Commitment to America, a House Republican majority will be ready to hold the Biden administration accountable from day one.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
By filing these resolutions of inquiry, Republicans are setting our sights on critical issues we will investigate, including the Biden-inflicted border crisis, the devastating toll of the Biden administration’s collusion with teachers’ unions to keep children masked and schools closed, the collusion between the Biden administration and big tech, the weaponization of the Justice Department, and more, for the past two years in Washington, the Biden administration’s reckless spending, support for lawless open borders, and attacks against their political opponents have all gone unchecked by Democrats in Congress — and voting against these requests prove Democrats are running cover for the corrupt Biden administration — but Republicans are committed to accountability for the American people.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I don’t think it’ll be a race, elise has done an excellent job and will continue to be conference chair.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
You watched what happened in Afghanistan, that botched action. Why did we close Bagram’s base? Why did we allow those prisoners to get out? Why would we even close in the summer and withdraw? Why would we withdraw without bringing out all the Americans first? All of these decisions should actually be investigated, so they don't get repeated.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Now I have a real concern with the aggression of China, Russia now into Ukraine. Even on our southern borders, cartels becoming stronger by the day, but now we have an administration that is negotiating with the regime in Iran. When we had such progress with the Abraham Accords, to reverse that is wrong. And that is a real concern of what will happen in the future.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
And that evening, the New York Times reporters produced audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying exactly what New York Times reporters had quoted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as saying about pushing President Trump to resign. So, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is dead to rights here. There's no both sides of this debate. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the New York Times report was totally wrong. They had audio of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told members of Republican leadership that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy would tell President Trump to resign.To the extent that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has a strategy for how to deal with this mess, it appears to be one of obfuscation.He mentions the timing of the request for comment as last minute. But why does when the question is asked impact how you answer it?New audio reveals House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said President Trump admitted bearing some responsibility for Capitol attackHe says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy misunderstood the question to be whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had ever asked President Trump to resign. But, that was clearly NOT the question. Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin reported that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had talked to Republicans about telling Trump House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should resign. ( Here's exactly what New York Times wrote :.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I say Read MoreMcCarthy has responsibility, read MoreMcCarthy told me personally that Read MoreMcCarthy does have some responsibility. I think a lot of people do.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
But let me be very clear to you and I have been very clear to the President. He bears responsibility for his words and actions. No if, ands or buts, i asked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy personally today, does House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hold responsibility for what happened ? Does House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy feel bad about what happened ? House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told me House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy does have some responsibility for what happened. And House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy needs to acknowledge that.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The New York Times reporting on me is totally false and wrong. It comes as no surprise that the corporate media is obsessed with doing everything it can to further a liberal agenda, this promotional book tour is no different. If the reporters were interested in truth why would they ask for comment after the book was printed ?
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The only discussion I would have with him is I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation that he should resign, that would be my take, but I don't think he would take it. But I don't know.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I'm a big fan of Sarah Palin, i was impressed by Sarah Palin. I've talked to Sarah Palin before.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I'm very disappointed. I told Donald Trump Donald Trump's lost my trust, donald Trump did not tell the truth, that's unacceptable.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
It doesn't matter. The Constitution gives you the age when you can serve in Congress, but when you're in Congress, you should respect the institution, and you should focus on the work that you should do.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's got to turn House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy around, i just told House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's lost my trust, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's going to have to earn it back. I laid out everything I find that's unbecoming. ... House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's got a lot of members upset. You can't just make statements out there.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
No, I think Ginni Thomas can make Ginni Thomas decisions like Ginni Thomas's made them every other time. It's Ginni Thomas decision based upon law.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I don't think Victoria Spartz wants to be quiet when Victoria Spartz sees people dying night after night, victoria Spartz're going to push This President to do the right thing.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Last week, I was just in Israel. ... And then when I come back, I see two colleagues, who went and participated with a group that has a leader that many times gives you anti-Semitic views, led a chant for( Russian President Vladimir) Putin. To me, it was appalling and wrong, there's no place in our party for any of this.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I think the majority is going to have to approve any of those members on the committees on which they can serve.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
[ House Intelligence Committee Speaker Nancy ] Pelosi has set new policies here. Those same members that I talked about in my speech... voted for these new policies.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
She has apologized for what she said and has reached out to Congresswoman Omar to meet next week.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Oh, I've felt good about flipping the House since the beginning of the year, i should buy a bigger House.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I took President Biden at his word; I took him at his word when he said he was going to get COVID under control, unfortunately, more Americans have died this year than last year under COVID.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
You know, I have talked to President Trump many times, he tells me he wants to be speaker, and I think he should be president.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The one thing you will find is, the Republican Party will be the party of education.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
It's a different situation than it was when it came out of the Senate.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Every single House Democrats, you can ask them, Pelosi on down, that it's one bill. So you're not voting for a $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, you're voting for a $ 5 trillion bill, they will hold it unless it goes forward. They have their internal firing squad right now upset with each other because one side won't vote for it unless they get reconciliation.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I don't view it as a bipartisan bill any longer, it's a different situation than it was when it came out of the Senate.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
It's one more example of one-party control, trying to control your information, trying to intimidate you, from fining to proxy voting, to who can be on committee, all the actions that are taking place have never been done before in Congress.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
What I talked to President Trump about, I was the first person to contact President Trump when the riots was going on, he didn't see it. What he ended the call was saying -- telling me, he'll put something out to make sure to stop this. And that's what he did, he put a video out later.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The President is preparing to leave Americans and allies we made distinct promises to behind. Indeed, The President admitted last week' getting every single person out can not be guaranteed,'.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
We didn't give them air cover. You say you had this plan. No one would plan out this outcome. The ramifications of this for America will go on for decades and it won't just be in Afghanistan.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
What New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries're doing is unprecedented.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I want you to watch Nancy Pelosi hand me that gavel. It will be hard not to hit Nancy Pelosi with it.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I want to know where the facts lead, and if that includes members that had a role in organizing or that they knew or that tried to cover up, that's important.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Speaker Pelosi's rejection of the Republican nominees to serve on the committee and self-appointment of members who share Speaker Pelosi pre-conceived narrative will not yield a serious investigation.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The Speaker has structured this select committee to satisfy her political objectives.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Unless Speaker Nancy Pelosi reverses course and seats all five Republican nominees, Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five Republican nominees, Senate Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I haven’t made a decision yet, even to appoint, i’m discussing it with my members. I have a real concern, the scope of what we’re looking at.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Our liberties are preserved by the Constitution, the document creating the freest country in the world.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I have no problem talking to anybody about it, i don't know what the conversations that day would matter as that's going on.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I'm sure it will be political because that's the whole way that she's handled it.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I don't think a select committee is the proper way to go.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Everyone in leadership serves at the pleasure of the conference and as you know, there's a lot at stake. Democrats are destroying the nation, that's why we will have a vote next week and we want to be united and looking -- moving forward and I think that's what will take place.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I spoke with Matt Gaetz from the beginning about the accusations, matt Gaetz from the beginning's told me Matt Gaetz from the beginning's innocent of the accusations. I explained to Matt Gaetz from the beginning the rules inside our conference. If there was something to come forward we'd take action.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I think from a perspective, if you're sitting here at a retreat that's focused on policy, focused on the future of making America in the next century, and you're talking about something else, you're not being productive.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I have gotten nothing from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, leader McConnell has received nothing from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was even in my office yesterday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could have dropped the letter off. Nothing. So, I'm not quite sure who House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's talking to or what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's talking about.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I think there's a lot of things that happened. It's not just on January 6, we had on Good Friday an officer get killed. I think if you're going to have a commission you should look at the whole broad spectrum. We just went through a whole summer of riots throughout this city. We should grasp that as well.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
She hasn't responded to us or talked to us, so it's still a long way away, i think if anything is going to happen, she's going to have to talk with us instead of saying she's talking to some Republicans. We don't even know if they're elected who she is talking to.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Matt Gaetz is, is the same as any American Matt Gaetz's innocent till proven guilty. There's no charges against Matt Gaetz yet if a charge comes forward that would be dealt with at that time.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
You'd have to see Matt Gaetz. If you wonder if I knew anything about what that is being alleged now ? No, i did not know of that conversation. I don't know what that conversation was even about, just what I read in the paper.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Yemen, Iran, Sri Lanka. That's what's coming across. ... They even talked about Chinese as well.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Today, President Trump committed to helping elect Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022, a united conservative movement will strengthen the bonds of our citizens and uphold the freedoms our country was founded on.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Today, President Trump committed to helping elect Ten House Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022, a Republican majority will listen to our fellow Americans and solve the challenges facing our nation. Democrats, on the other hand, have only put forward an agenda that divides us — such as impeaching a President who is now a private citizen and destroying blue-collar energy jobs. For the sake of our country, the radical Democrat agenda must be stopped.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Can we keep that commitment to America? No more misplaced priorities. The American people deserve better. America is worth fighting for. Americans rights are worth fighting for. Their dreams are worth fighting for. Their voices are worth fighting for. And most importantly, their voices are worth being heard on this floor.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
It was a referendum against a radical agenda to defund the police and punish hard work. It was a wakeup call.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
When the need for more pandemic relief was obvious, did we deliver a timely lifeline America needed? Or did we say nothing was better than something until politics dictated our actions? when unrest spilled into the cities and communities across the country, did we deliver safety that Americans wanted or did we let calls to defund the police, intimidate us from protecting life, liberty and property?
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Marjorie also came out and denounced QAnon.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I wasn't for it last time. I'm not for it this time.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
In moving forward today, it won't be signed into law. The President has questions, the attorney general has questions, since the time we had passed the bill in the The House, there has been more information coming forward with the FISA court being used in processes it shouldn't have been.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
What concerns me is when I listen to Nancy Pelosi talk about a fourth package now. It's because she did not get in the things she really wanted.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
I'm not sure we need a fourth package.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
The virus is here. We did not ask for it, we did not invite it. We did not choose it. But with the passing of the bill you will see that we will fight it together, and we will win together.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
It's more important we take a moment to step back. Let's work together, i think we can get this done in 24 or 48 hours, yes. I think it's critical that we do.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
This isn't something to wait around i think you'll find a very bipartisan vote. From my point of view, I want to get it done faster than waiting around and I don't think you're going to see an argument on either side.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Today is about more than the fairness of the impeachment process. It is about the integrity of our electoral process, the Democrats are trying to impeach the President because they are scared they can't defeat him at the ballot box. This impeachment is not only an attempt to undo the last election -- it is an attempt to influence the next one, too.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
She can not change the laws of this Congress. She can not unilaterally decide we're in an impeachment inquiry, what she said today made no difference of what's been going on. It's no different than what( House Judiciary Chairman Jerry) Nadler has been trying to do.
– House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
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