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00:00:01DOWNTOWNS. IMPROVE THE LOOK OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:00:04I DON'T GET, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THOSE BIG NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE 500
00:00:07HOMES, BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THE CORE OF A LOT OF OUR
00:00:10COMMUNITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER PEOPLE
00:00:12WANT TO WALK PLACES THEY WANT
00:00:15-- THEY'RE NOT SO CAR CENTRIC AS OLDER PEOPLE ARE.
00:00:18LET'S GET THEM THEIR DREAM AND GET THEM THEIR HOUSE CLOSER TO
00:00:20THE DOWNTOWN AND DO THE INFILL
00:00:25-- >> WE GO TO THE U.S. CAPITOL FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE NATIONAL
00:00:28PORTRAIT OF KEVIN MCCARTHY.
00:00:33[APPLAUSE]
00:00:45>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:00:49WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE HERE.
00:00:52SO GRATEFUL TO SEE YOU ALL. WELCOME BACK.
00:00:55SEEMS APPROPRIATE AS A GREETING
00:00:57BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY FORMER
00:01:01AND CURRENT COLLEAGUES AND
00:01:04MEMBERS AND OLD FRIENDS, WELCOME TO THE U.S. CAPITOL THIS IMPORTANT DAY.
00:01:09THANK YOU TO OUR COLLEAGUES FOR COMING BACK.
00:01:14THANK YOU TO THE MCCARTHY FAMILY.
00:01:19CONNOR AND MEGAN ARE HERE WITH US. [APPLAUSE]
00:01:30KEVIN'S BROTHER MARK IS HERE AS WELL.
00:01:32WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE.
00:01:36EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS KNOWS THAT NONE OF US SERVES ALONE.
00:01:39WE ARE HERE THANKS TO THE LOVE
00:01:41AND SUPPORT OF OUR OFTEN LONG-SUFFERING FAMILIES.
00:01:44THEY MAKE COUNTLESS SACRIFICES
00:01:47SO WE CAN SEREVENT WE SEE THAT SACRIFICE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR IT.
00:01:51IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
00:01:55TO KNOW KEVIN MCCARTHY IS TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMERICAN STORY.
00:01:59IT IS TO KNOW THAT THE GREAT
00:02:04GRANDSON OF IRISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS, THE ROAD SON OF A
00:02:08FIREFIGHTER -- PROUD SON OF A FIREFIGHTER AND A YOUNG MAN WHO
00:02:10PUT HIMSELF THROUGH SCHOOL.
00:02:13WE HAVE THAT STUFF IN COMMON. TO KNOW KEVIN MCCARTHY IS TO
00:02:17KNOW A NATURAL LEADER. HE DIDN'T JUST ACT.
00:02:22HE IS A NATURAL LEADER. HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
00:02:24HE WORKED HIS WAY TIRELESSLY FROM OWNING A DAILY TO SERVING
00:02:28AS A DISTRICT STAFFER TO
00:02:30BECOMING A MEMBER OF CONGRESS HIMSELF.
00:02:35HE IS A QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN STORY.
00:02:38BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON CAP AND GAVE OVER TWO
00:02:42DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE, TO THE PEOPLE.
00:02:4417 OF THOSE YEARS WERE SPENT HERE IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
00:02:50IT'S A REMARKABLE RECORD OF SERVICE BY ANY MEASURE. WE CELEBRATE THAT TODAY.
00:02:54SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR ABOUT THIS. GIVE HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE
00:02:58AND SOMEONE WHO PUT IN THAT MUCH TIME DESERVES THE HONOR.
00:03:01HAVING DONE IT IN SUCH A REMARKABLE WAY, IT IS A GREAT
00:03:05RECORD OF SERVICE.
00:03:08AS SPEAKER KEVIN UNDERSTOOD THAT BUILDING A SLIM MAJORITY IS NOT
00:03:12FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
00:03:13GETTING HUNDREDS OF UNRULY
00:03:16COLLEAGUES TOGETHER TO GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION CAN TAKE A SMALL
00:03:20MIRACLE EVERY DAY. HE PULLED IT OFF.
00:03:21HE LEARNED QUICKLY THAT BUILDING
00:03:25CONSENSUS TAKES HARD WORK FROM THE DRIVE AND DETERMINATION.
00:03:28NOBODY HAD MORE THAN KEVIN
00:03:32MCCARTHY. CRUCIALLY, IT TAKES AN INNATE SENSE OF OPTIMISM.
00:03:37TIRELESS, DETERMINED OPTIMISM.
00:03:39KEVIN POSSESSED THAT IN SPADES.
00:03:42HE IS THE TIRELESS HAPPY WARRIOR.
00:03:47WE CALL OURSELVES REAGAN REPUBLICANS. REAGAN HAD HAPPY WARRIORS.
00:03:50HE HAD THIS TYPE OF LEADER IN
00:03:54MIND. I SAT NEXT TO KEVIN MANY TIMES DURING OUR REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
00:03:59MEETINGS AND IN THE WEEKLY MEETING, YOU ARE FACING YOUR
00:04:04COLLEAGUES THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE STARING AT YOU. THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE AT THE TABLE.
00:04:09SO MANY TIMES WHEN OUR COLLEAGUES ARE GETTING SPUN UP
00:04:12ABOUT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY, HE
00:04:14WOULD SMILE AND WINK AT ME LIKE
00:04:17-- HANG IN THERE, SUNSHINE. HE CALLED ME SUNSHINE.
00:04:20HE WOULD RIDE -- RIGHT TWO
00:04:24WORDS.
00:04:27CHEERFUL PERSISTENCE. I ALMOST GOT THAT TATTOOED ON MY ARM.
00:04:31CHEERFUL PERSISTENCE. I THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. KEVIN IS A GREAT MODEL BECAUSE
00:04:35IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THE
00:04:39RESISTANCE WAS. HE WAS PERSISTENT IN THE FACE OF IT.
00:04:43CHEERFULLY, AND I THINK OF IT ALL THE TIME. WHEN I WANDERED INTO THE OFFICE,
00:04:47KEVIN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WRITE ME A PERSONAL NOTE.
00:04:50NOT UNLIKE THE OVAL OFFICE WHEN
00:04:55THE PRESIDENT WRITES A LETTER TO THE NEXT ONE WILL STOP THE LETTER EMBODIED EVERY BIT OF
00:04:58GRACE AND GRATITUDE THAT KEVIN
00:05:02SHOWED LIKE HE SHOWED ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THAT UNPRECEDENTED TIME.
00:05:06ONE LINE CAPTURES HIS ETHOS AS SPEAKER.
00:05:08LIKE THE BIG BROTHER FIGURE HE
00:05:12WAS AND IS TO ME. HE ENCOURAGED ME TO KEEP THE COURSE AND HE SHARED THIS
00:05:17IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE. EACH SUNRISE BRINGS NEW
00:05:22OPPORTUNITIES, BREAKTHROUGHS ARE ALWAYS CLOSER THAN THEY SEEM.
00:05:25THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT
00:05:28REMINDER TO ME IN THAT MOMENT AND TO ALL OF US.
00:05:33THAT IS CLASSIC KEVIN. HE PERSISTS, STAYS CHEERFUL AND
00:05:36LOOKS THROUGH THE BREAKTHROUGHS -- LOOKS FOR THE BREAK.
00:05:42IT IS CODED IN THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS, HIS MERCIES ARE
00:05:46NEW EVERY MORNING AND WE LOOK OUT THE WINDOW DOWN THE NATIONAL
00:05:50MALL EARLY IN THE MORNING. IT IS A GREAT REMINDER, DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE,
00:05:54YOU KEEP THAT PERSPECTIVE AND IT
00:05:58KEEPS YOU GOING. KEVIN WAS THE BEST MODEL OF THAT , THE BEST WE COULD ASK FOR.
00:06:03HE EMBRACED HIS ROLE WITH
00:06:06UNCOMMON ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM. PERSONALLY WELCOMING HUNDREDS OF
00:06:09TOURISTS AFTER COVID, EMBRACING
00:06:16THE INSTITUTIONAL STAFF AS HIS OWN. KEVIN WAS FRIEND TO EVERYBODY.
00:06:19HE WOULD TALK TO EVERY PERSON
00:06:25AND GREET EVERYDAY AMERICANS ON THE STREETS AS WE CAMPAIGNED.
00:06:27IT TAKES THE GUY 30 MINUTES TO
00:06:30WALK ONE BLOCK BECAUSE HE TALKS TO EVERYBODY.
00:06:34OR CALLING HIS BELEAGUERED SUCCESSOR WITH ADVICE ON HOW TO
00:06:38MANAGE THE CHAOTIC UNRULY HOUSE. KEVIN IS UNSELFISH.
00:06:45GREAT EXPERIENCE TO PASS ALONG AND ALWAYS WILLING TO DO IT CHEERFULLY.
00:06:49KEVIN WILL TAKE HIS PLACE ALONGSIDE THE DISTINGUISHED
00:06:53RANKS OF OUR PREDECESSORS WITHIN
00:06:57THE SAME HALL WHERE HE WORKED TIRELESSLY ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR 17 YEARS.
00:06:59KEVIN, MY FRIEND AND BROTHER, IT IS AN HONOR.
00:07:03I WANT TO THANK YOU AND EVERYONE WHO HAS COME HERE TODAY TOGETHER
00:07:06TO CELEBRATE A TRUE AMERICAN
00:07:10PATRIOT WHO GOES DOWN IN HISTORY IN THAT WAY. GOD BLESS YOU, MY FRIEND.
00:07:15[APPLAUSE]
00:07:18>> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PLEASE
00:07:24STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE JOINT ARMED
00:07:26FORCES COLORGUARD, THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR NATIONAL
00:07:30ANTHEM BY STAFF SERGEANT HANNAH DAVIS, AND THE PRESIDENT'S OWN
00:07:34UNITED STATES MARINE BRAND --
00:07:38BAND BRASS QUINTET, AND THE
00:07:41RETURN OF THE COLORS.
00:07:44-- THE RETIRING OF THE COLORS.
00:07:51>> ONE, ONE, ONE.
00:07:56ONE, ONE, ONE.
00:08:07HOLT.
00:08:12-- HALT.
00:08:19>> ♪ O SAY, CAN YOU SEE
00:08:24BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
00:08:28WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED
00:08:34AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING
00:08:38WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT
00:08:43STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS
00:08:48FIGHT
00:08:49O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED
00:08:54WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING
00:09:00AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE
00:09:04THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR
00:09:09GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT
00:09:13THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE
00:09:19O SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED
00:09:25BANNER YET WAVE
00:09:31O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE
00:09:39AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ ♪
00:09:53>> HALT.
00:10:30>> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PLEASE
00:10:34REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INDICATION DELIVERED BY THE
00:10:38HONORABLE TIM SCOTT, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:10:44SEN. SCOTT: THEY HAVE ONLY GIVEN
00:10:47ME ABOUT 30 MINUTES SO PLEASE
00:10:50FEEL FREE TO KEEP STANDING. KEVIN, I DON'T REALIZE YOU
00:10:54CALLED EVERYBODY.
00:10:57I WILL PRAY FOR YOU EVEN MORE. LET US PRAY.
00:11:01FATHER AND CHRIST JESUS, WE PRAY
00:11:06. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
00:11:07THIS IS A DAY THE LORD HAS MADE AND WE SHOULD INDEED REJOICE IN
00:11:11IT.
00:11:13I THANK YOU, FATHER GOD, FOR THE
00:11:17MCCARTHY FAMILY AND THEIR DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:11:20AS KEVIN HAS SERVED, SO HAS JUDY
00:11:25AND THE FAMILY.
00:11:26IN DIFFERENT WAYS, NO DOUBT, BUT
00:11:31SACRIFICIAL WITHOUT QUESTION.
00:11:33WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR PUBLIC
00:11:36SERVICE ACCORDING TO ROMANS 13 IS A CALL TO MINISTRY.
00:11:40ONE LAYS DOWN THEIR LIFE FOR A GREATER CAUSE.
00:11:44IN SIMILAR FASHION, WE HERE IN
00:11:48JOHN 15 THAT, NO GREATER LOVE, A
00:11:51MAN THAT WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND.
00:11:55KEVIN HAS LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
00:11:56THIS COUNTRY.
00:11:59WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT HE
00:12:01SERVED THIS NATION IN EXEMPLARY
00:12:07FASHION. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT HE
00:12:09SERVED HIS FELLOW MAN WITHOUT
00:12:13PREJUDICE AND WITHOUT PRIDE. HE DID SO WITH HUMILITY.
00:12:18I PRAY TO GOD THAT ACCORDING TO ROMANS 8:28, ALL THINGS WORK
00:12:23TOGETHER FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS
00:12:27PURPOSE THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE
00:12:28TO CALL FORWARD MEN AND WOMEN
00:12:32WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES FOR A GREATER CAUSE.
00:12:36I PRAY, LORD, THAT AS WE LEAVE
00:12:42THIS ROOM WE WILL LEAVE WITH A SENSE OF OPTIMISM AND HOPE.
00:12:46THAT WE WILL BE INSPIRED BY OUR KNOWLEDGE OF KEVIN'S PUBLIC
00:12:50SERVICE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE WOULD BE INSPIRED BY YOUR HOLY
00:12:54SPIRIT, TO BE ALL THAT WE CAN BE
00:12:58IN SERVICE TO OTHERS, AND IN SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY, FOUNDED
00:13:03UPON A JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHOS.
00:13:08IT IS IN THE MATCHLESS NAME OF
00:13:08OUR RISEN SAVIOR THAT I PRAY, AMEN.
00:13:12>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
00:13:21LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. ROSS
00:13:24WELL ENCINA, PRESIDENT AND CEO
00:13:31OF THE U.S. CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
00:13:33SPEAKER JOHNSON, SPEAKER
00:13:38MCCARTHY, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
00:13:39IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON
00:13:43BEHALF OF THE U.S. CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS WE ADD ANOTHER CHAPTER TO THE HISTORY
00:13:47OF THIS REMARKABLE INSTITUTION.
00:13:48FOR DECADES SOCIETY HAS PLAYED A
00:13:51VITAL ROLE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
00:13:52PORTRAIT PROGRAM, HELPING
00:13:55PRESERVE THE PEOPLE AND STORIES THAT SHAPE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE U.S. CAPITOL.
00:14:00THESE PORTRAITS ARE MORE THAN WORKS OF ART.
00:14:03TOGETHER THEY FORM A VISUAL HISTORY OF CONGRESS AND TELL THE
00:14:07STORY OF THOSE ENTRUSTED TO SERVE HERE.
00:14:11THAT WORK IS AT THE HEART OF OUR MISSION AT THE CAPITAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PRESERVING
00:14:15THE HISTORY, ELEVATING CIVIC
00:14:18EDUCATION AND HELPING AMERICANS
00:14:25UNDERSTAND CONGRESS AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THAT BELONG TO THEM. BECAUSE THIS BUILDING DOES NOT BELONG ONLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO
00:14:29WORK HERE AND WITHIN THESE WALLS. IT BELONGS TO THE AMERICAN
00:14:33PEOPLE. THE CONSTITUENTS FROM CALIFORNIA
00:14:37AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY COME TO THE CAPITAL,
00:14:39THEY SHOULD SEE THEMSELVES, AND THEIR OWN STORIES, REFLECTED HERE.
00:14:44WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE KEVIN MCCARTHY'S PLACE IN THE HISTORY.
00:14:49FROM HIS ELECTION IN 2006 THROUGH HIS SERVICE AS MAJORITY
00:14:53WHIP, MAJORITY LEADER, REPUBLICAN LEADER AND THE 55TH
00:14:57SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HIS CAREER BECAME PART OF THE STORY OF THIS
00:15:01INSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE CALLED TO LEAD IT.
00:15:05WE ARE PROUD TO HELP PRESERVE ANOTHER CHAPTER OF CONGRESSIONAL
00:15:09HISTORY WITH A PORTRAIT OF SPEAKER MCCARTHY.
00:15:13MR. SPEAKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:15:17PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE CAPITAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
00:15:19YOUR SUPPORT MAKES OUR WORK
00:15:23POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TO MANY AMERICANS EVERY DAY.
00:15:27FROM TEACHER WORKSHOPS AND STUDENT TOURS TO CIVIC EDUCATION
00:15:29POGROMS IN WASHINGTON AND
00:15:32COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL.
00:15:36CONGRATULATIONS MR. SPEAKER FOR THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION
00:15:39AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE SOCIETY TO BE PART OF THIS SPECIAL DAY.
00:15:43[APPLAUSE]
00:15:48>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
00:15:54HONORARY -- THE HONORABLE ERIC
00:15:56CANTOR, FORMER MAJORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:16:04[APPLAUSE]
00:16:06>> KEVIN, JUDY, CONOR, MEGAN.
00:16:12CONNOR'S WIFE.
00:16:14IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS. THANK YOU.
00:16:20DURING MOST OF MY TIME IN THE
00:16:22HOUSE I WAS PRIVILEGED TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
00:16:25I REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF
00:16:28EACH CONGRESS, LEADERSHIP WOULD
00:16:31TRY TO IDENTIFY THE RISING STARS IN THE FRESHMAN CLASS.
00:16:34WE WANTED TO KNOW WHO THE WORK HORSES WERE, THE STRONG
00:16:38MESSENGERS AND WHO WERE THE
00:16:41THOUGHTFUL LEGISLATORS. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHO WAS
00:16:44WELL-LIKED AS VARIOUS CIRCLES OF FRIENDS BEGAN TO FORM, AND TO
00:16:48THE MEMBERS TURNED TO WHEN THEY NEEDED ADVICE.
00:16:51WHOSE NAME WERE THEY LOOKING UP
00:16:53ON THE BIG BOARD IN THE CHAMBER
00:16:56BEFORE INSERTING THE VOTING CARD DURING THE VOTES?
00:17:00WE WANTED TO KNOW, WHO DID THESE
00:17:06INCOMING FRESHMAN TRUST?
00:17:06WHEN I WAS ELECTED WITH -- WHIP,
00:17:11I HAD TO DECIDE WHO COULD I TRUST TO BE MY CHIEF DEPUTY
00:17:15WHIP. SEVERAL CANDIDATES ARE STILL IN THE ROOM.
00:17:20BUT ONE PERSON STOOD OUT.
00:17:25FROM HIS PEERS. KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS THE CLEAR
00:17:29CHOICE. THAT DECISION WAS THE FIRST, THE
00:17:33FASTEST AND THE FINEST DECISION I EVER MADE AS WHIP OF THE U.S.
00:17:37HOUSE. KEVIN HAD A UNIQUE ABILITY TO
00:17:41CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. HE BROUGHT ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY
00:17:44TO OUR WHIP TEAM EVERY DAY JUST
00:17:47LIKE HE DOES IN THIS ROOM TODAY.
00:17:49HIS POSITIVE DEMEANOR, OPTIMISM,
00:17:54THEY WERE CONTAGIOUS.
00:17:54I REMEMBER IN 2009 AFTER
00:17:58PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED, MANY OF US ON OUR SIDE OF THE
00:18:03AISLE FELT LIKE WE WERE DESTINED TO BE IN THE MINORITY FOR A LONG TIME.
00:18:08THAT YEAR ARE REPUBLICAN: RENTS
00:18:10RETREAT -- CONFERENCE RETREAT
00:18:14WAS HELD AT THE HOMESTEAD AND WE HOSTED A RECEPTION FOR THE WHIP TEAM.
00:18:18IN HIS FASHION, KEVIN WAS
00:18:21DETERMINED TO CONVINCE OUR DEMORALIZED TEAM THAT WE COULD
00:18:25AND WE WOULD WIN BACK OUR MAJORITY.
00:18:31SO HE DECIDED THAT NIGHT AT THE RECEPTION, WE SHOULD HAVE THE
00:18:33WHOLE WHIP TEAM SIGN THEIR NAME
00:18:36IN COMMITMENT THAT THEY WOULD WORK TIRELESSLY TOWARDS THAT
00:18:41GOAL EVERY DAY UNTIL WE WON THE MAJORITY BACK.
00:18:45ALTHOUGH KEVIN DOESN'T DRINK, HE
00:18:46THOUGHT WE NEEDED THE BIGGEST
00:18:49BOTTLE OF WINE WE COULD FIND TO
00:18:52HAVE A BIG ENOUGH LABEL FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR WHIP TEAM TO
00:18:57SIGN UP TO THE FIGHT.
00:19:00THE PROBLEM WAS, WE WERE IN RURAL BABB COUNTY VIRGINIA.
00:19:04WHERE WERE WE GOING TO FIND A DOUBLE MAG NOEM BOTTLE OF WINE
00:19:08FOR THE RECEPTION?
00:19:10-- A DOUBLE MAGNUM BOTTLE OF
00:19:16WINE FOR THE RECEPTION? JAMES, I KNOW YOU ARE HERE. [APPLAUSE]
00:19:22JAMES WAS A TRUE CHAMPION. HE WENT OFF INTO THOSE LITTLE
00:19:25TOWNS IN THE BLUE RIDGE SEARCHING FOR A WINE STORE THAT
00:19:28CARRIED A DOUBLE MAGNUM BOTTLE.
00:19:33WHEN WE SIGNED OUR NAMES ON THE
00:19:37LABEL THAT NIGHT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US BELIEVED THAT WE WOULD
00:19:40BE TOASTING TO OUR SUCCESS IN LESS THAN 24 MONTHS.
00:19:43NO ONE BUT KEVIN.
00:19:47WE ARE ALL HERE APPROPRIATELY
00:19:53RECOGNIZING KEVIN FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS HOUSE AND TO
00:19:57YOUR SUCCESS AS SPEAKER. THAT SUCCESS HAPPENED BECAUSE
00:20:01YOU SPENT SO MUCH TIME ENSURING
00:20:05THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES WERE SUCCESSFUL.
00:20:08CAL -- KEVIN BROUGHT OUT THE
00:20:12BEST IN EVERYONE AND MADE THE REST OF US LOOK GOOD. YOU WERE THE FIRST TO LIFT US UP
00:20:17AS SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID. YOU WERE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO
00:20:21HELP WHEREVER YOU COULD.
00:20:24YOU WERE ALWAYS THE ONE TO BUILD
00:20:27BRIDGES ACROSS THE CONFERENCE AND ASKED THE AISLE.
00:20:30-- ACROSS THE AISLE. YOU ALWAYS INSISTED OTHERS
00:20:34RECEIVE THE CREDIT. YOUR SELFLESS SERVICE WAS A
00:20:40TESTAMENT TO YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR DISTRICT AND HOW
00:20:42REPUBLICAN, RENTS -- CONFERENCE
00:20:45AND ARE GREAT COMPANY -- OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
00:20:50THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
00:20:55>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
00:21:01HONORABLE STENY HOYER, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM MARYLAND.
00:21:06[APPLAUSE]
00:21:14REP. HOYER: WHY IS HE HERE? [LAUGHTER]
00:21:22TIM, I AM INTEGRATING THIS CROWD. SPEAKER JOHNSON.
00:21:27IT IS A TOUGH ROAD, HUH?
00:21:30SPEAKER JOHNSON, SPEAKER MCCARTHY.
00:21:34JUDY. I HAVE A FONDNESS FOR JUDY.
00:21:38I WAS MARRIED TO A JUDY FOR 36
00:21:43YEARS. MAJORITY LEADER CANTOR.
00:21:48FORMER REPRESENTATIVE GARRETT GRAVES.
00:21:51AND SPEAKER MCHENRY.
00:21:55[LAUGHTER] MY FRIEND.
00:22:03THE PAPERS ARE STICKING TOGETHER.
00:22:06IN MANY WAYS, KEVIN MCCARTHY'S
00:22:10ROAD TO WASHINGTON MIRRORED MY OWN.
00:22:14WE WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL BEFORE
00:22:18BEING ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
00:22:20WE WERE BOTH OFFICERS IN YOUTH
00:22:25ORGANIZATIONS OF OUR PARTIES AND ALSO AS YOUNG MEN, WE WERE
00:22:29LEADERS IN OUR STATE LEGISLATURES.
00:22:32HE THE MINORITY LATER, ME THE PRESIDENT OF THE MARYLAND
00:22:35SENATE.
00:22:37WE WERE BOTH CONFERENCE CHAIRS
00:22:40AND CAUCUS CHAIRS.
00:22:41MINORITY WHIPS, MAJORITY
00:22:45LEADERS, AND I WAS NEVER THE SPEAKER.
00:22:53DURING THE TIME WE WERE IN LEADERSHIP TOGETHER, WE DISAGREE
00:22:55, AS HE WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED COME ON MANY MAJOR POLICIES.
00:22:59BUT WE BOTH WORKED TO ENSURE AT
00:23:03LEAST THE POSSIBILITY OF
00:23:07BIPARTISAN ACTION ON BEHALF OF POLICIES CRUCIAL TO THE WELFARE
00:23:10OF OUR COUNTRY, ITS PEOPLE, AND
00:23:13THE HOUSE AS AN INSTITUTION.
00:23:16I APPRECIATED AND STILL
00:23:19APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT.
00:23:21WHEN I WAS IN THE MAJORITY AND YES, WHEN I WAS IN THE MINORITY.
00:23:26FOR MANY OF THOSE YEARS, WE HAD
00:23:31ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ALMOST EVERY
00:23:33WEEK, WE WERE IN SESSION. THEY WERE OFTEN POINTED AND
00:23:40INTENSE, AS I RECALL. AND I BELIEVE HEALTH WILL FOR
00:23:42THE PUBLIC TO -- HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
00:23:47PRIORITIES AND VISION OF BOTH PARTIES.
00:23:50KEVIN AND ERIC BEFORE HIM, AND
00:23:52STEVE AFTER HIM, WAS NEVER
00:23:55HESITANT TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES WE HAD, OR THE
00:23:58SHORTCOMINGS HE THOUGHT WE HAD ON MY SIDE OF THE AISLE.
00:24:04I WAS ENTHUSIASTIC TO RETURN THE FAVOR.
00:24:09FOR THOSE YEARS, OUR FRIENDSHIP
00:24:11GREW AND MATURED, TO A MUTUAL
00:24:16RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF EACH OTHER'S COMMITMENTS TO ITS
00:24:21MEMBERS, OUR STAFFS, AND THE
00:24:25HOUSE AS AN INSTITUTION.
00:24:27AND TO ITS MEMBERS, OUR STAFF,
00:24:31AND MY STAFF DEVELOPED A CLOSE
00:24:35AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH KEVIN'S.
00:24:38AT THE RISK OF LEAVING SOMEONE
00:24:42OUT, AND I KNOW I WILL, I
00:24:46PARTICULARLY ENJOYED GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIS
00:24:48CHIEFS, BARRETT CARR, DAN MEYER.
00:24:53KELLY DIXON. IS KELLY HERE?
00:24:57WHERE IS KELLY?
00:25:00KELLY WAS MY DEAR FRIEND AND IS MY DEAR FRIEND TODAY.
00:25:05THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD,
00:25:10AND THE STAFF I HAVE MENTIONED, TO TRY TO MAKE US ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.
00:25:18NATALIE BUCHANAN JOYCE, TIM BARRY, WILL DUNHAM, AND A NUMBER
00:25:21OF OTHERS, AS DID MY TOP STAFF,
00:25:26ALEXIS, BRIAN, AND OF COURSE
00:25:30KEVIN'S FAVORITE.
00:25:33AND COURTNEY FRY.
00:25:37AS I SAID THEY HAD A CLOSE AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
00:25:40KEVIN AND HIS STAFF.
00:25:43KEVIN'S ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE OF HIS MEMORIES IN THEIR
00:25:46DISTRICTS, HIS COMMUNITIES AND
00:25:51THEIR VIEWS WAS BROAD AND EXTRAORDINARILY IMPRESSIVE.
00:25:53OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS ROOTED IN
00:25:57PART AND GENUINE APPRECIATION FOR THE OTHERS TALENTS, MOTIVES,
00:26:01AND FRANKLY, LIKE SPEAKER
00:26:05BOEHNER AND RYAN, WE KNEW HOW
00:26:10DIFFICULT REPUBLICAN LEADERS
00:26:11HAVE FOUND IT TO CREATE
00:26:15CONSENSUS AND WORKING MAJORITIES IN THEIR PARTY, WHICH THE
00:26:17SPEAKER SO ACUTELY IS
00:26:22EXPERIENCING. FROM TIME TO TIME PERHAPS MORE THAN YOU WOULD THINK, KEVIN AND
00:26:25I FORGED COMMON GROUND AND WE
00:26:29HAD A PASSION FOR THE INSTITUTION AND ITS MEMBERS.
00:26:32WE JOINED IN EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF
00:26:36NEW TECHNOLOGIES. WE JOINED TO HELP COMMUNITIES
00:26:40HIT HARD BY HURRICANES, WILL
00:26:43BACK STRONGER IN PUERTO RICO AND
00:26:46THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
00:26:49AND IMPORTANTLY, STRENGTHENING THE U.S. ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP
00:26:53WHICH WE BOTH KNEW WAS CRITICAL
00:26:57TO AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY AND TO OUR PRINCIPLES AS A DEMOCRACY.
00:27:02WE SHARED STRONG SUPPORT FOR OUR ALLIES AND FOR OUR NATO LEARNERS.
00:27:06-- PARTNERS.
00:27:07AND WE PASSED BIPARTISAN
00:27:12RESOLUTIONS TO ASSERT CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT OF OUR
00:27:14ALLIES AND OUR NATO COMMITMENTS AS WELL.
00:27:17WE WORKED TOGETHER TO AVOID SHUTDOWNS.
00:27:22SADLY, NOT ALWAYS AS SUCCESSFUL
00:27:26AS WE WOULD LIKE. WE WORKED TO NOT DEFAULT ON OUR
00:27:29DEBT, HAPPILY SUCCESSFUL.
00:27:31WE ADVOCATED FOR OUR MEMBERS,
00:27:34THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR
00:27:38ABILITY TO AFFORD TO BE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
00:27:41KEVIN WAS A STRONG AND TOUGH
00:27:44PARTISAN FAULT FOR HIS PARTY AND FOR THIS -- WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS
00:27:49PARTY AND THIS INSTITUTION.
00:27:51HE BELIEVED'S IN ITS ABILITY TO
00:27:55DO GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE. AS THE POLITICS OF THE HOUSE
00:27:58BECAME MORE TOXIC AND CONFRONTATIONAL, I FOUND KEVIN
00:28:02TO BE SOMEONE WHO STILL BELIEVED WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, WHEN AND
00:28:07IF THE POLITICS OF OUR PARTIES
00:28:10WOULD ALLOW IT.
00:28:13SOME I KNOW MIGHT DISPUTE THAT
00:28:19ASSERTION. PERHAPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. BUT I SAW IT.
00:28:23I LIVED IT. I BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE.
00:28:28KEVIN, I THANK YOU FOR OUR
00:28:32FRIENDSHIP, AND I VALUE OUR RELATIONSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR
00:28:36YOUR DEVOTION TO THE HOUSE AND
00:28:38TO OUR COUNTRY. GODSPEED.
00:28:42[APPLAUSE]
00:28:49>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
00:28:54GUITARIST MASTERY GUNNERY
00:28:55SERGEANT ALLEN AND VOCALIST,
00:28:59STAFF SERGEANT HANNAH WITH THE
00:29:01PRESIDENT'S OWN U.S. MARINE BAND
00:29:04BRASS QUINTET PERFORMING MY
00:29:09COUNTRY TIS OF THE.
00:29:17♪
00:29:41>> ♪ MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE
00:29:47SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY
00:29:50OF THEE I SING
00:29:59LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED
00:30:05LAND OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE
00:30:10FROM EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE
00:30:14LET FREEDOM RING
00:30:26MY NATIVE COUNTRY
00:30:30THEE
00:30:31LAND OF THE NOBLE FREE
00:30:36THY NAME I LOVE
00:30:43I LOVE THY ROCKS AND RILLS
00:30:50THY WOODS AND TEMPLE TILLS
00:30:54MY HEART, WITH RAPTURE THRILLS
00:31:02LIKE THAT ABOVE
00:31:13OUR FATHERS GOD TO THEE
00:31:18AUTHOR OF LIBERTY
00:31:25TO THEE WE SING
00:31:31LONG MAY OUR LAND BE BRIGHT
00:31:34WITH FREEDOM'S HOLY LIGHT
00:31:44PROTECT US BY THY MIGHT
00:31:47GREAT GOD OUR KING ♪
00:32:03[APPLAUSE]
00:32:35>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
00:32:41HONORABLE GARRETT GRAVES, FORMER
00:32:43U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
00:32:48>> AND PEOPLE CLAP THAT LONG
00:32:53THAT MEANS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AN ENCORE.
00:32:57I HAVE HEARD THAT'S ON HUNDREDS OF TIMES. THAT WAS HANDS-DOWN THE MOST
00:33:01REMARKABLE I HAVE EVER HEARD IT. [APPLAUSE]
00:33:12I HAD MY BACK TO YOU SITTING DOWN.
00:33:15THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. THIS IS INTIMIDATING.
00:33:18IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE AND THIS IS AN HONOR.
00:33:20I HAVE KNOWN KEVIN MCCARTHY A
00:33:25LONG TIME. CONDENSING THAT 45 MINUTES WILL BE TOUGH.
00:33:28KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS THE SON OF A
00:33:32FIREFIGHTER. KEVIN MCCARTHY HAD TO WORK
00:33:35HIMSELF THROUGH COLLEGE AND ONE
00:33:38OF THE LUCKIEST GUYS IN THE WORLD, HE WON THE LOTTERY. LITERALLY WON THE LOTTERY.
00:33:45TOOK THOSE DOLLARS AND INVESTED THEM AND USED THE MONEY TO OPEN
00:33:48UP A SANDWICH SHOP, TO INVEST IN
00:33:53HIS FUTURE. KEVIN MCCARTHY APPLIED FOR AN
00:33:56INTERNSHIP WITH A LOCAL CONGRESSMAN AND IT WAS TURNED
00:34:00DOWN. HE WAS REJECTED BUT REFUSING TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER, HE RAN
00:34:04FOR STATE LEGISLATURE AND AS A FRESHMAN MEMBER OF THE
00:34:08CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE, WAS
00:34:12ELECTED LEADER OF THE REPUBLICANS.
00:34:15THINK ABOUT THAT. SHOWING INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS AS A FRESHMAN,
00:34:18ELECTED LEADER. RAN FOR CONGRESS BUT BECAME THE
00:34:22MAJORITY WHIP, THE FASTEST
00:34:27ASCENSION TO MAJORITY LEADER IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND LATER ON,
00:34:31THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A MINUTE.
00:34:37SINCE WE DECLARED INDEPENDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY THERE HAVE BEEN
00:34:41466 MILLION AMERICANS.
00:34:44466 MILLION.
00:34:45WE HAVE HAD 56 SPEAKERS.
00:34:4956.
00:34:50INCLUDING MY BODY -- MY BUDDY
00:34:56MCHENRY, 56 AND A QUARTER.
00:34:58BUT LOOK.
00:35:02KEVIN'S PERSEVERANCE,
00:35:04DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT IS INCREDIBLE.
00:35:08AS LEADER HOYER SAID, HIS
00:35:11ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE
00:35:13DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE ISSUES IS
00:35:16UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN. TELLING MEMBERS HAPPY
00:35:20ANNIVERSARY, THEIR FACE WOULD
00:35:21TURN WHITE LIKE -- ABSOLUTELY
00:35:26REMARKABLE.
00:35:30HE BECAME SPEAKER IT WAS THE TIGHTEST MAJORITY IN HISTORY.
00:35:34THERE WAS A DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP
00:35:35AND MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND A DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:35:39YET UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS,
00:35:42STILL, REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
00:35:44KEVIN USED TO SAY THAT HE DIDN'T
00:35:49HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE ANY OF YOU OR FIRE ANY OF YOU BUT HE
00:35:52HAD TO BE THE LEADER.
00:35:54THERE AREN'T BOOKS ON MANAGEMENT
00:35:58OR COACHING BOOKS THAT APPLY TO THIS. PERHAPS THE ONLY ONE IS HOW TO
00:36:03WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
00:36:09MR. PRESIDENT IF YOU ARE LISTENING, MIKE JOHNSON JUST LAUGHED.
00:36:13[LAUGHTER]
00:36:18TRULY, UNDER THOSE CHALLENGING
00:36:23CONDITIONS, HE WAS ABLE TO PASS
00:36:25EDUCATION REFORM, ENERGY
00:36:29LEGISLATION, EDUCATION LEGISLATION.
00:36:30MAJOR WINS ON NATIONAL SICK 30 -- SECURITY.
00:36:34FACING THE DEBT CEILING CRISIS,
00:36:38NEGOTIATED THE FIRST PERMANENT STREAMLINING EVER.
00:36:43NEGOTIATED ENTITLEMENT FORM, THE
00:36:47FIRST-EVER ADMINISTRATIVE PAY
00:36:48BILL, AND THE LARGEST REDUCTION
00:36:52OF SPENDING IN AMERICAN HISTORY. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN.
00:36:57WITH ONE HALF OF ONE THIRD OF
00:36:59OUR GOVERNMENT, ACHIEVED ALL OF
00:37:03THAT. AND HE DID IT ALL WITH A SMILE. SUNSHINE.
00:37:09THE MEASURE OF THE SPEAKERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT HOW LONG YOU HAVE
00:37:13BEEN THERE. IT IS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CONSEQUENCES YOU HAD.
00:37:19AND I'M READING MY NOTES, KO --
00:37:23SPEAKER MCCARTHY, HIS IMPACT WAS PROFOUND.
00:37:29SPEAKER MCCARTHY WAS HANDS-DOWN
00:37:29THE BEST STRATEGIST I HAVE EVER SEEN.
00:37:33BEING IN THESE MEETINGS, WATCHING HIM, THINKING FIVE OR
00:37:37STICK -- SIX STEPS DOWN THE
00:37:41ROAD, HE WAS FORCING MEMBERS TO
00:37:42GO TO M.I.T. TO LEARN ABOUT AI
00:37:46AND QUANTUM THEN PUT A TASK FORCE TOGETHER.
00:37:48PUTTING A TASK FORCE TOGETHER ON DEBT BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED WE
00:37:52HAD TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT.
00:37:55HE PUT A TASK FORCE TOGETHER
00:37:57ABOUT SUPPLY CHAINS, EXPRESSING
00:38:00CONCERN YEARS AGO ABOUT WHERE WE WERE HEADED.
00:38:05HE CREATED A BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE ON CHINA THAT TO THIS DAY
00:38:08IS STILL DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
00:38:12ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS. I SAID KEVIN WAS THE BEST STRATEGIST.
00:38:19HOW DOES THAT FIT TOGETHER?
00:38:21I WANT TO TELL YOU A QUICK STORY
00:38:24ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
00:38:27THE SPEAKER WAS FACED WITH A
00:38:28SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A CR, AND
00:38:32WE WERE ON THE CUSP OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
00:38:35I WAS SITTING IN THE ROOM WITH
00:38:38THE SPEAKER AND HE SAID, I AM NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE MEN AND
00:38:40WOMEN WHO PUT THE UNIFORM ON
00:38:43EVERY DAY, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
00:38:46FIGHT FOR THIS DEMOCRACY AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THIS
00:38:50COUNTRY, I AM NOT GOING TO ALLOW
00:38:51THEM TO NOT GET PAID BECAUSE WE
00:38:55HAVEN'T DONE OUR JOB.
00:38:57AND HE PREDICTED, BEING THE
00:39:00STRATEGIST THAT HE IS, HE SAID
00:39:04I'M GOING TO LOSE MY JOB OVER THIS.
00:39:06THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:39:10LET THAT MARINATE. A GUY WHO HIS WHOLE LIFE HAD BEEN WORKING AND FIGHTING AND
00:39:14STRIVING TO BECOME THE NUMBER TWO GUY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:39:20AND A SENATOR SCOTT SAID,
00:39:22WILLING TO SACRIFICE EVERY BIT OF THAT TO DO WHAT?
00:39:26THE RIGHT THING.
00:39:28THAT IS CALLED LEADERSHIP. THAT IS NOT FAILURE.
00:39:32THAT IS WHAT HEROES ARE MADE OUT OF.
00:39:35LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST
00:39:39PEOPLE, IS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE I KNOW WHEN THAT HE WON
00:39:42THE LOTTERY -- IN THAT HE WON
00:39:46THE LOTTERY AND MANY OF US WERE
00:39:49LUCKY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
00:39:51SERVE WITH HIM AND HAVE HIM LEAD OUR NATION.
00:39:56BECAUSE KEVIN'S FIERCE OPTIMISM
00:39:58WAS UNBELIEVABLY CONTAGIOUS AND
00:40:02KEVIN CLEARLY BELIEVED AMERICA
00:40:06WAS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. SPEAKER MCCARTHY, GOD BLESS YOU
00:40:09AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
00:40:13TO THE 55TH SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:40:18[APPLAUSE]
00:40:22>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
00:40:25THE HONORABLE PATRICK MCHENRY,
00:40:29FORMER UNITED STATES
00:40:32REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE 10TH DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. [APPLAUSE]
00:40:49>> JUDY.
00:40:52IT IS AN HONOR.
00:40:55CONNOR, MEGAN, EMILY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING KEVIN.
00:40:59HE BECAME OUR KEVIN.
00:41:01THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE.
00:41:08EXCELLENCE IS THE CAPACITY TO TAKE PAIN.
00:41:12MOST PEOPLE WANT TO BE GREAT. FEW ARE WILLING TO PUT IN THE
00:41:15WORK, MAKE THE SACRIFICES,
00:41:18ENDURE THE PAIN THAT GREATNESS REQUIRES.
00:41:23EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM GOT TO WITNESS KEVIN MCCARTHY'S
00:41:26LEGENDARY TOLERANCE FOR PAIN.
00:41:32YOU SAW HIM TRAVEL, RECRUITING
00:41:36CANDIDATES, GRINDING FROM THE MINORITY TO THE MAJORITY TWICE.
00:41:39AND THOSE HISTORIC 15 VOTES.
00:41:42I WOULD ARGUE THAT FEW PEOPLE
00:41:45HAVE SACRIFICED MORE FOR HOUSE
00:41:48REPUBLICANS OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES THAN THE MAN SITTING HERE BEFORE US TODAY.
00:41:53AND SOMEHOW, HE DID IT WITH A SMILE.
00:41:58I WAS FORTUNATE TO SEE SOMETHING
00:42:03RARE, THAT ENDURANCE, THE TOLERANCE FOR PAIN.
00:42:07MASTERY IS ANOTHER WORD FOR
00:42:12EXCELLENCE. MASTERY HAPPENS WHEN YOU COMBINE INTELLIGENCE, EXPERIENCE,
00:42:16JUDGMENT, SKILL AND JUST ENOUGH SCAR TISSUE TO COMBINE UNTIL YOU
00:42:19HAVE A SIXTH SENSE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
00:42:23THE SPEAKERSHIP OF KEVIN MCCARTHY, I GOT TO SEE MASTERY UP CLOSE.
00:42:31OVER NEARLY TWO DECADES IN THE HOUSE I GOT TO SEE KEVIN MASTER
00:42:34THREE THINGS THAT ENABLED A
00:42:38SUCCESSFUL SPEAKERSHIP. UNDERSTANDING POLITICS, LEVERAGE AND PEOPLE.
00:42:41POLITICS OBVIOUSLY, TODAY'S GOP
00:42:44IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHEN
00:42:46KEVIN ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON IN 2006.
00:42:49THE VOTERS CHANGED. THE ISSUES CHANGED, THE MEDIA
00:42:53AND THE INCENTIVES CHANGED.
00:42:58KEVIN ADAPTED AND LED THROUGH THAT CHANGE.
00:43:01FROM WHERE I SAT, NO ONE HAD A BETTER FEEL FOR THE CHANGING
00:43:04MOOD OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND
00:43:10THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONVERT -- CONFERENCE.
00:43:14KEVIN TRAVELED, WENT TO DISTRICTS, MET CANDIDATES AND
00:43:18THEIR SPOUSES AND KIDS.
00:43:18HE TALKED TO ACTIVISTS, DONORS,
00:43:23LEADERS AND PEOPLE WHO NEVER SET FOOT INSIDE WASHINGTON, AND HE LISTENED.
00:43:31HELPING WIN THE HOUSE MAJORITY, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.
00:43:37PIONEERING CREATIVE WAYS TO RUN AND WIN ELECTIONS AND NEVER
00:43:39LOSING SEE WHILE HE LED THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS.
00:43:42THAT IS HIS MASTERY OF POLITICS.
00:43:47HE COULD FEEL THE GROUND MOVING BEFORE MOST PEOPLE REALIZED
00:43:50THERE HAD BEEN AN EARTHQUAKE.
00:43:53THEN HE SAW LEVERAGE.
00:43:57UNDERSTANDING POLITICS IS TELLING WHERE PEOPLE ARE TODAY. LEVERAGE TELLS YOU WHAT YOU CAN
00:44:00DO WITH THOSE PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITY. THAT HIS WORK KEVIN I THINK WAS
00:44:05GREATLY IS UNDERESTIMATED --
00:44:10MIS-UNDERESTIMATED.
00:44:14MY NEXT THING IS MAKING FUN OF THE SYNTAX ERRORS.
00:44:17I WILL WAIT FOR THAT.
00:44:22BUT THAT CALIFORNIA OPTIMISM AND THE OCCASIONAL SENTENCE THAT WILL WIRES TRANSLATION --
00:44:25REQUIRES TRANSLATION. TO HIS SPEECH WRITERS GOD BLESS
00:44:29YOU. BENEATH THAT OPTIMISM IS A
00:44:34SERIOUS STRATEGIC MIND. KEVIN UNDERSTOOD PRESSURE
00:44:38POINTS, TIMING, WHAT COULD MOVE,
00:44:40WHEN IT COULD MOVE, AND WHAT
00:44:44MIGHT MOVE IF YOU PUSH EXACTLY ON THE RIGHT POINT.
00:44:48I GOT TO SEE THAT UP CLOSE IN
00:44:53DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. KEVIN WAS OFTEN AT HIS BEST WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AT THEIR
00:44:57WORST. WE HAD A FEW MOMENTS.
00:45:00AND WHEN EVERYONE ELSE SAW A
00:45:04DEAD END, KEVIN BECAME CONVINCED AN OPENING WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
00:45:07THAT INSTINCT CREATED THE DEBT
00:45:09CEILING NEGOTIATIONS AND THE
00:45:11NEGOTIATIONS OF THE FISCAL
00:45:16RESPONSIBILITY ACT, WHICH A REPUBLICAN HOUSE WITH A NARROW
00:45:19MAJORITY NEGOTIATED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT AND SENATE.
00:45:23THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
00:45:24ESTIMATED DEFICITS OF $1.5
00:45:28TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS. THAT REQUIRED LEVERAGE.
00:45:30THAT MOMENT WAS BORN OUT OF
00:45:34KEVIN'S STRATEGIC GENIUS AND STRATEGIC MIND.
00:45:37HE UNDERSTOOD LEVERAGE IS NOT LIMITED TO LEGISLATION.
00:45:40ON CHINA KEVIN RECOGNIZED
00:45:44CONGRESS NEEDED A SUSTAINED INSTITUTIONAL FOCUS ON A GENERATIONAL STRATEGIC CHALLENGE.
00:45:48HE ESTABLISHED THE SELECT
00:45:53COMMITTEE ON THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. 'S HOUSE ASSEMBLED AND PASSED A
00:45:55MAJOR BORDER BILL.
00:46:01DIFFERENT ISSUES, DIFFERENT TOOLS BUT THE SAME INSTINCT. WHERE IS THE LEVER? WHAT CAN THE HOUSE ACCOMPLISH
00:46:05EVEN WITH A NARROW MAJORITY? HOW DO WE CONVERT POLITICAL
00:46:08POWER INTO ACTION AND OPPORTUNITY?
00:46:11THAT WAS KEVIN'S MASTERY OF USING LEVERAGE.
00:46:18AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, KEVIN'S GREATEST GIFT. THAT IS PEOPLE.
00:46:23WE ARE ALL KEVIN'S FRIENDS. I KNOW KEVIN IS MY FRIEND AND
00:46:27YOUR FRIEND.
00:46:29I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN HE ANSWERS
00:46:34THE PHONE HE CALLS YOU SUNSHINE. SORRY, TIM.
00:46:37HE CALLED ALL OF US SUNSHINE.
00:46:43EARLY ON, I ASSUMED KEVIN HAD A
00:46:47STAFF AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT
00:46:51PREPARED DETAILED BRIEFINGS BEFORE EVERY MEETING.
00:46:53CANDIDATE BACKGROUND, FAMILY, AMBITIONS, ALL OF THIS STUFF.
00:46:57THEN I REALIZED THERE IS NO
00:47:01BRIEFING BOOK. IT IS JUST KEVIN.
00:47:02HE REMEMBERED NAMES, KIDS,
00:47:06HOMETOWNS, CONVERSATIONS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO.
00:47:08HE WILL BRING UP CONVERSATIONS FROM YEARS AGO.
00:47:12HE HAS AN ABILITY TO SEE THE PERSON ACROSS FROM HIM AND MAKE
00:47:15THAT PERSON FEEL IMPORTANT.
00:47:19YOU DON'T SUSTAIN 15 ROUNDS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR WITHOUT THAT
00:47:22LEVEL OF COMMITMENT FROM THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.
00:47:27HE WASN'T SUPERFICIAL. . IT WASN'T TRANSACTIONAL.
00:47:31KEVIN JENNY WILL HE LIKES PEOPLE AND HE SEES AND CULTIVATES TALENT.
00:47:38TEAM MCCARTHY MEMBERS, FORMER MEMBERS, THOSE OF US WHO
00:47:43TRAVELED NEAR AND FAR TO BE HERE
00:47:45TODAY TO HONOR OUR FRIEND.
00:47:54HE SEES OPPORTUNITY WHERE OTHER PEOPLE SEE DIFFICULTY OR DIFFICULT PEOPLE. SOMETIMES HE SEES THE BEST IN PEOPLE LONG AFTER THE REST OF US STOP LOOKING.
00:48:01AND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MR. SPEAKER,
00:48:03THAT IS A CERTAIN TALENT. A NECESSARY TALENT.
00:48:07THAT MATTERS BECAUSE THE BEST LEADERS SHOULD NOT JUST ACCUMULATE POWER.
00:48:14KEVIN OFTEN SAID, PUT THE RIGHT
00:48:16PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SEATS ON THE BUS AND HE MEANT IT. HE DELIVERED THAT.
00:48:22SOME LEADERS WANT FOLLOWERS WHO
00:48:24WILL STAND IN THEIR SHADOW.
00:48:26IT IS A BAD JOKE BECAUSE I
00:48:29SINCERELY MEAN THIS BUT WHEN I SEND IT OUT LOUD I REALIZED MY
00:48:33HEIGHT, I WAS ALWAYS IN KEVIN'S SHADOW.
00:48:39WHAT WAS DIFFERENT WAS WHEN YOU WERE WITH HIM, THE LIGHT WAS ON YOU, NOT HIM.
00:48:43YOU ALWAYS FELT THAT WAY.
00:48:46IN A GROUP OF FIVE PEOPLE, ONE PERSON, 1000 PEOPLE, THE LIGHT
00:48:50WAS ON YOU. THAT IS A SPECIAL GIFT.
00:48:56HE RECRUITED CANDIDATES,
00:48:58DEVELOPED MEMBERS AND STAFF,
00:49:00PROMOTED HIS STAFF, ENCOURAGED
00:49:03PEOPLE AND GAVE THEM CONFIDENCE AND CHANCES BEFORE THEY WERE OBVIOUS CHOICES.
00:49:07MEMBERS, STAFF, ALL OF US AROUND HIM.
00:49:11KEVIN, LOOK AROUND WASHINGTON TODAY.
00:49:14SO MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU SAW TALENT IN BEFORE ANYONE ELSE
00:49:18DID AND GAVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE LIFE CHANGING FOR
00:49:20THEM, AND YOU STILL REVEL IN
00:49:25THEIR SUCCESS. THAT IS A GREAT GIFT. EACH ONE OF US ARE YOUR FRIENDS.
00:49:30AND I THINK THOSE RELATIONSHIPS,
00:49:34WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO CULTIVATE LEADERS, THAT IS YOUR ENDURING LEGACY.
00:49:42LEGISLATION EXPIRES. MAJORITIES CHANGE, TITLES DISAPPEAR.
00:49:46BUT PEOPLE REMAIN. YOU SAW THE BEST IN PEOPLE AND
00:49:49YOU ALWAYS SEE THE BEST IN PEOPLE.
00:49:53THAT IS YOUR GREAT GIFT TO THIS
00:49:56INSTITUTION ENTER THESE PEOPLE. THE BEST MEASURE OF LEADERSHIP
00:50:00MAY ULTIMATELY BE WHAT PEOPLE
00:50:01HAVE YOU -- AROUND YOU AND WHAT
00:50:06YOU ENABLE THEM TO BECOME.
00:50:08THAT IS MASTERY OF PEOPLE,
00:50:11RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS. EVERY PROFESSION HAS ITS CRAFTSPEOPLE.
00:50:14EVERY SPORT HAS ITS ELITE POWER ATHLETES.
00:50:23DID HE TELL YOU THAT STORY? [LAUGHTER]
00:50:29ONE CAVEAT HERE.
00:50:33YEARS AGO, 23 AND ME WAS A VERY NEW THING.
00:50:36YOUR GENETIC CODE. KEVIN CALLS ME ONE DAY AND SAYS
00:50:39YOU WILL NEVER GUESS THIS. I DID 23 AND ME.
00:50:43HE HAD A LONG LIST OF THINGS BUT HE SAID ONE FINAL THING BEFORE I FORGET.
00:50:48IT SAYS THE GENETICALLY, I AM AN
00:50:51ELITE POWER ATHLETE.
00:50:55[LAUGHTER]
00:50:58AND I LAUGHED AND SAID, THAT IS
00:51:03FANTASTIC. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE REASON WHY YOU CALLED ME? HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
00:51:09FOR YEARS I HAVE WOVEN THIS INTO EVERY SPEECH I HAVE HAD ABOUT
00:51:13KEVIN, ABOUT AN ELITE POWER ATHLETE.
00:51:17TODAY, I GET TO SHARE THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN AN INSIDE JOKE FOR A LONG TIME.
00:51:24SO THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE THAT TRULY MASTER THE CRAFT IN THE
00:51:28HOUSE. KEVIN DID WITH POLITICS,
00:51:30LEVERAGE, AND THROUGH ENABLING
00:51:34AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT.
00:51:35IT WILL BE ONE OF 55.
00:51:39HANGING ON THE WALL. THAT PORTRAIT CANNOT CAPTURE ALL
00:51:43YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PEOPLE
00:51:46IN THIS ROOM AND THE PLACE OF THIS INSTITUTION.
00:51:49IT CANNOT
00:51:54IT CAN'T CAPTURE WHAT KEVIN MEANS TO ALL OF US WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL HIM FRIEND.
00:51:57A FRIEND AS A PERSON YOU, THINGS ARE VERY GOOD OR VERY BAD.
00:52:00A PERSON YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR TRIUMPHS WITH, YOUR TRAGEDIES WITH.
00:52:04WHEN YOU ARE DOWN, WHO DO YOU CALL?
00:52:07YOU CALL KEVIN TO LIFT YOU UP. WHEN YOU ARE FEELING A LITTLE
00:52:10TOO GOOD, YOU CALL KEVIN TO BRING YOU RIGHT DOWN.
00:52:14KEVIN WILL HELP YOU OUT.
00:52:20OCCASIONALLY, HE WILL HELP YOU OUT AND TRY TO KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE FOR ENCOURAGEMENTS AND
00:52:23ON OCCASION HE WILL GET YOU INTO
00:52:24TROUBLE, TOO, AS I GOT TO
00:52:28EXPERIENCE. BUT HE PERSEVERES EVERY VICTORY AND EVERY SETBACK.
00:52:33HE HAS GIVEN BACK TO HIS FRIENDS.
00:52:38YOU EARNED THIS PLACE IN THE INSTITUTION. YOU EARNED THIS PLACE IN THE
00:52:42AMERICAN PANTHEON OF LEADERS. BUT WHAT YOU ARE MOSTLY TO US IN
00:52:45THE ROOM IS A FRIEND.
00:52:48THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. GOD BLESS. [APPLAUSE]
00:53:00>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
00:53:05HONORABLE MIKE JOHNSON, SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:53:12SPEAKER JOHNSON: FOR THE MOMENT
00:53:16WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HER. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SOME
00:53:19FRIENDS OF KEVIN TO TAKE PART OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE PORTRAYED.
00:53:22IF YOU CAN JOIN US OF YOUR. SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN, COME ON UP.
00:53:26LEADER STEVE SCALISE, WEB
00:53:31TOM EMMER, CHAIRWOMAN ELISE
00:53:34STEFANIK, CHAIRMAN JIM JORDAN,
00:53:37CONGRESSMAN TOM MCCLINTOCK,
00:53:39CHAIRMAN JASON SMITH, CHAIRMAN BRUCE WESTERMAN, AND CONGRESSMAN
00:53:43BRIAN FITZPATRICK.
00:54:10[LAUGHTER]
00:54:13>> READY?
00:54:18[APPLAUSE]
00:54:57>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HONORABLE KEVIN MCCARTHY.
00:54:5955TH SPEAKER OF THE UNITED
00:55:04STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
00:55:15SPEAKER MCCARTHY: FIRST OF ALL,
00:55:19THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IT IS A SHEER HONOR TO BE HERE.
00:55:24I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY I WAS ABLE TO SERVE.
00:55:29I THINK THE GOOD DAYS IN THE BED DAYS AND I DO IT ALL AGAIN.
00:55:35I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LONG WRITTEN.
00:55:37I JUST WANT TO THINK SOME PEOPLE -- THANK SOME PEOPLE BEFORE WE
00:55:41GO THROUGH.
00:55:43FOR THE PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE MARINE BAND.
00:55:48BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL VOICE. [APPLAUSE]
00:55:58TO THE UNITED ITS CAPITAL HISTORIC SOCIETY, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT.
00:56:04TIM SCOTT. YOU ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.
00:56:10YOU ALL KNOW THIS BUT IN 2010,
00:56:12WHEN I FIRST MET TIM -- HE MAKES IT LOOK EASY.
00:56:16WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE,
00:56:19STROM THURMOND'S SON AND CAROL CAMPBELL'S SON.
00:56:24A HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
00:56:28YOU HAVE. THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN EVER TO GET ELECTED.
00:56:30I AM PROUD TO BE I THINK THE
00:56:32ONLY PERSON WASHINGTON -- I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT
00:56:37INVESTMENTS I EVER MADE. YOU HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
00:56:43TO SPEAKER JOHNSON, YOU KNOW HOW
00:56:48TOUGH THE JOB IS NOW, HUH. [LAUGHTER]
00:56:53I AM PROUD TO CALL YOU A FRIEND. I HAVE WATCHED WHAT YOU HAD TO
00:56:57GO THROUGH. I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU MANY TIMES. THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY I AM
00:57:01PROUD OF BEING IS THE SON OF A FIREFIGHTER, JUST LIKE YOU.
00:57:08LEADER CANTOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
00:57:13ONE OF THE GREATEST QUALITIES WE FIND IN SOMEBODY'S LOYALTY.
00:57:17I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY IF YOU DID NOT TAKE A RISK.
00:57:21YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A MOMENT IN
00:57:26TIME YOU DIDN'T THINK REPUBLICANS WOULD EVER WIN AGAIN.
00:57:33YOU, ME, PAUL RYAN CREATED YOUNG GUNS. THAT THING HAS LASTED ALL THE WAY TO THE LAST TERM.
00:57:38MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE ELECTED THROUGH THAT. YOU WERE LEADER OF IT.
00:57:44YOU LEAD HEAR HERE, LET US EVERYWHERE. YOU DESERVE A LOT MORE CREDIT
00:57:48THAN YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR MAKING THIS PLACE WORK, SO THANK
00:57:52YOU FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE]
00:58:00TO STENY HOYER, YOU HAVE MADE ME
00:58:04A BETTER MEMBER. YOU GOT THE BEST OF ME THE FIRST FEW TIMES.
00:58:08BEN HOWARD, WE HAD TO DO
00:58:13RESEARCH. IF ANYONE HAS WRITTEN US A LETTER IN YOUR DISTRICT AND THEY
00:58:17GO ON FOR A LONG TIME, EVERY TIME AFTERWARDS, NO MATTER HOW HARD WE DEBATED WE SHOOK HANDS
00:58:22AFTERWARDS. PEOPLE WILL NOT REALIZE THE
00:58:27CHALLENGE TO MAKE THIS PLACE WORK.
00:58:30DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE THE MINORITY OR THE MAJORITY. WE HAVE TO BE TALKING.
00:58:33YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE ARE MANY TIMES YOU AND I
00:58:38WOULD SIT AND TALK ON THE PHONE NOT KNOWING WHICH WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FLOOR.
00:58:41WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, LET'S ROLL THE DICE, AND
00:58:43WE GOT THERE AND THE COUNTRY WAS BETTER FOR IT.
00:58:48ONE THING I LEARNED IN POLITICS, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN
00:58:52BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DIE.
00:58:52IT IS EASIER TO VOTE NO AND BURN
00:58:57SOMETHING DOWN THEN TO BUILD IT UP. I WILL TELL YOU, WE DID SOMETHING AMAZING.
00:59:02YOU MADE MY MOM'S WALL IN THE
00:59:06PHOTO. MY MOM WAS IN THE WHEELCHAIR AND
00:59:09YOU TOOK A PHOTO WITH HER. IT'S UP ON THE WALL. IT IS ALL THREE OF US.
00:59:13MY HEAD IS CUT OFF, BUT MY MOM PUT IT RIGHT UP THERE. [LAUGHTER]
00:59:20YOU HAD ALWAYS -- SHE WOULD TELL ME AND I WOULD UNDERSTAND YOUR
00:59:24POSITION AT TIMES AND I THINK UNDERSTOOD ALMOST EVERYONE.
00:59:25JUST THAT ONE VOTE, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. [LAUGHTER]
00:59:34GARRETT GRAVES, I COULD NOT LET
00:59:39YOU GO LAST NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU WOULD SAY.
00:59:42GARRETT, IF I WAS STILL SPEAKER
00:59:46I WOULD MAKE YOU TEACH A CLASS
00:59:48TO EVERY SINGLE NEW INCOMING NUMBER REGARDLESS OF PARTY.
00:59:52I HAVE WATCHED YOU TAKE EVERY
00:59:55SINGLE POSITION AND LOOK FOR A
00:59:58SOLUTION AND UNDERSTAND THE POLICY MAKERS AND THEIR
01:00:01CHALLENGES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. YOU NEVER LOOK ABOUT YOURSELF.
01:00:05I HAVE NOT FOUND ANOTHER MEMBER WITH THE ENCYCLOPEDIA KNOWLEDGE
01:00:09OF YOU WITH THE ABILITY YOU HAVE
01:00:15AND I KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR
01:00:20FRIENDSHIP, AND THANK GOD HE FINALLY SHAVED. [LAUGHTER]
01:00:24HE WAS NOT GOING TO SHAVE UNTIL
01:00:26I WAS FINALLY ELECTED AND PEOPLE
01:00:30KEPT GROWING OUT BUT IT FINALLY GOT THERE.
01:00:32TO PATRICK MCHENRY, YOU ARE LEAD
01:00:38POWER ATHLETE STORY IS TRUE -- ELITE POWER ATHLETE STORY IS TRUE.
01:00:44WHEN I TOLD MY DETAIL ABOUT IT,
01:00:48THEY MADE ME SHOW IT TO THEM.
01:00:52PATRICK SERVED IN LEADERSHIP.
01:00:54HE KNEW MEMBERS FABULOUS AND HAD A DECISION.
01:00:58HE COULD HAVE STAYED IN LEADERSHIP BUT HE WANTED TO GO TO COMMITTEE.
01:01:01I TRULY BELIEVE HE BECAME ONE OF THE BEST COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN I HAVE EVER WATCHED.
01:01:08THEY ARE STILL WORKING OFF THE BODY OF WORK YOU DID THEN.
01:01:12PATRICK HAD TO MAKE HISTORY.
01:01:15THE BACK STORY THERE, I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO TO
01:01:19ME. IT WAS WEEKS BEFORE.
01:01:22IT WAS ONE NIGHT. YOU DON'T KNOW THIS UNTIL YOU
01:01:26BECOME SPEAKER BUT WHEN YOU BECOME SPEAKER, THEY COME TO YOU
01:01:28ONE DAY AND THEY SAY, OK, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU, YOU
01:01:32HAVE TO RANK WHO YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER. TEMPORARILY.
01:01:36IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. IT'S ONLY UNTIL THEY HAVE A BOAT
01:01:40AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE DONE IN A DAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT ALL DOWN.
01:01:44TWO WEEKS OUT, I DECIDE I BETTER
01:01:48RELOOK AT MY LIST. I CALL PATRICK.
01:01:53I GET HIM OUT THAT NIGHT AND
01:01:54SAY, PATRICK, I'M NOT GOING TO WIN THIS VOTE.
01:01:58SOMEBODY HAS TO BE IN THE CHAIR.
01:02:02DO WE FIGHT THROUGH IT? WHAT DO WE DO?
01:02:07I NEED YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. HE SAID HE WOULD, THINKING IT
01:02:11WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING SHORT.
01:02:12I THINK YOU SHOWED DURING THAT
01:02:16MONTH OF POLITICS THAT AMERICA
01:02:18EXPECTED THAT THE REST OF US WERE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. THANK YOU.
01:02:23[APPLAUSE]
01:02:36ONE THING YOU WILL LEARN, IT
01:02:41DOESN'T MATTER ANY POSITION YOU HAVE WHEN YOU ARE ELECTED HERE, YOU NEVER DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
01:02:45I HAD SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY TEAM
01:02:49THROUGH 17 YEARS. I WOULD PUT THAT TEAM UP AGAINST
01:02:53ANYBODY. THEY MADE ME LOOK GOOD, CORRECTED ME WHEN I LOOKED BAD.
01:02:58THE POLICY, THE NEGOTIATIONS THEY MADE. DO ME ONE FAVOR.
01:03:02IF YOU HAVE EVER WORKED AS PART OF THE TEAM, WOULD YOU STAND.
01:03:06WE OWE YOU A GREAT DEAL OF THANKS.
01:03:10[APPLAUSE]
01:03:22I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF
01:03:27TWO MAJORITIES IT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
01:03:30TO MY FAMILY, JUDY, CONNOR,
01:03:34EMILY, MEGAN, MARK -- MY OLDER
01:03:36BROTHER -- MONICA -- WE ALWAYS
01:03:38JOKE ABOUT THAT, IN THE FAMILY BACK HOME, THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES.
01:03:45IF ANYBODY ASKED ME WHAT I MISS, I MISS YOU.
01:03:50MANY OF YOU I MET BEFORE I EVEN
01:03:54RAN. SOME OF YOU I MET BEFORE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING.
01:03:59IN YOUR HOMETOWNS, SITTING INSIDE YOUR HOUSE, TALKING ABOUT IT.
01:04:03I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. I SEE YOU RISE UP.
01:04:08WHOEVER THOUGHT MARK TWAIN WOULD BE A SECRETARY?
01:04:11-- MARKWAYNE WOULD BE A
01:04:17SECRETARY? [LAUGHTER] WHEN TOM BECAME THE RCC CHAIR,
01:04:21HE NEVER LOST.
01:04:23THE C.I.A. DIRECTOR.
01:04:27EVEN TREY GOWDY IS HERE. [LAUGHTER]
01:04:31DEVIN NUNES IN THE BACK?
01:04:35WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS BEFORE EITHER OF US RAN NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
01:04:40BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE
01:04:44FRIENDSHIPS DON'T LEAVE.
01:04:47THIS IS MY ONLY ADVICE TO YOU. I WOULD NEVER SERVE IN ANOTHER
01:04:51BODY. THANK YOU SENATOR FOR BEING HERE.
01:04:56IT IS EASY FOR ME TO SAY I WOULD NEVER SERVE THE SENATE BECAUSE
01:05:00I'M FROM CALIFORNIA AND I COULD PROBABLY NEVER WIN. [LAUGHTER]
01:05:04BUT I BELIEVE IN THE HOUSE. I BELIEVE IN HAVING THE TEAM.
01:05:09I BELIEVE IN BEING PART OF THAT
01:05:11TEAM, TAKING THOSE RISKS,
01:05:14PUTTING THEM ON THE LINE. THERE IS A REASON WHY THE
01:05:18FOUNDERS, MADISON, THE VERY
01:05:21FIRST ARTICLE WAS OUR POWERS.
01:05:25FROM THE MOMENT I CAME HERE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGHT TO GET IT BACK.
01:05:32WE DID RAYBURN SAY?
01:05:34IT'S EASY FOR ANY ASSHOLE TO
01:05:40KICK DOWN A BARN. IT'S HARD TO PICK ONE UP.
01:05:43WHEN I'M LOOKING IN, DON'T FOCUS
01:05:46AND FIGHT ON ALL THE SMALL THINGS.
01:05:48WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE ADVERSARIES WIN.
01:05:56I LOVED DEBATING THE OTHER SIDE BUT WE STILL HAVE TO RESPECT PEOPLE.
01:06:00THE PLACE HAS TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER.
01:06:03YOU ARE IN THE MAJORITY, YOU LEAD.
01:06:06BUT WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND LET OTHERS GAIN ON US.
01:06:13I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
01:06:17WHEN I FIRST TOOK OVER, I
01:06:20BROUGHT HAKEEM IN AND SAID I WILL TREAT YOU THE WAY I WISH I WAS TREATED.
01:06:24IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME.
01:06:26WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH COVID,
01:06:28GONE THROUGH JANUARY 6, WE HAD
01:06:32MAGNETOMETERS IN THERE. MOVIE NIGHT.
01:06:37HOWEVER WE CAN MAKE PEOPLE BOND TOGETHER.
01:06:39IF YOU STUDY ALL THE VOTES, WE
01:06:42VOTED MORE TOGETHER THAN WE EVER VOTED APART.
01:06:45I WAS VERY PROUD.
01:06:48WE HAD THE PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN COME TO AMERICA AND GO TO THE
01:06:52REAGAN LIBRARY. WE HAD THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
01:06:57CHINA, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALL THERE TOGETHER. WE STOOD THE PRESS CONFERENCE
01:07:01BEFORE. ANDREW MITCHELL WAS STANDING RIGHT IF THE PIECE OF THE BERLIN
01:07:05WALL.
01:07:06SHE SAID, I WAS THERE AND REAGAN
01:07:10MADE THAT FAMOUS SPEECH NIGHT TEARED UP. I GET JUST AS EMOTIONAL NOW AS I DID THEN.
01:07:16THINK LONGER, ACT LONGER.
01:07:21AMERICA IS TOO GREAT FOR SMALL IDEAS IN SMALL FIGHTS.
01:07:27-- AND SMALL FIGHTS.
01:07:28TO MY DETAIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
01:07:33[APPLAUSE]
01:07:49FOR ALL YOU FUTURE SPEAKERS AND
01:07:51COMMITTEE CHAIRS, FINDING SOME
01:07:55TO PAINT HER PORTRAIT IS NOT EASY. I WENT TO LOOK.
01:07:59WHO CAN I FIND?
01:08:02I JUST TOLD WHOEVER WAS DOING PATRICK'S.
01:08:06[LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT, WHAT ARE THE PLACES I
01:08:11LOVE? THIS IS MY FAVORITE ROOM.
01:08:14WE OPENED A BACKUP.
01:08:18ONE DAY EVERY MONTH I COULD SIT HERE FOR AN HOUR AND READ ALL THE VISITORS WHO HAD COME.
01:08:22I WOULD HAVE A ROUGH NIGHTS AND
01:08:23I WOULD WALK BACK TO THE
01:08:27OFFICE AND I'D STOP HER LINCOLN HAD HIS DESK AND I LOOKED UP AT THE SAME CLOCK HE WOULD, THE
01:08:31SAME NOTES, AND THINK WE HAVE THE SAME ABILITY.
01:08:35I WOULD SEE REAGAN. YOU LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF THE
01:08:39BERLIN WALL BEHIND AND.
01:08:42OR GO DOWN TO BILLY GRAHAM AND SAY A PRAYER.
01:08:46JAZ FAGAN PAINTED THE PAINTING
01:08:50THAT WILL HANG IN THIS
01:08:55CAPITOL. IS NOT THE FIRST THINK YOU MADE IN THE CAPITOL.
01:08:58IS ALSO THE SCULPTOR OF RONALD REAGAN AND BILLY GRAHAM. [APPLAUSE]
01:09:13IF YOU GO TO THE ROSE GARDEN,
01:09:13THE GREAT BIG PIECE IS HIS AS
01:09:18WELL. I WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
01:09:20I WANT YOU TO NOT JUST WALK BY IT. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT.
01:09:25WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVEN IN THE FRAME. IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE BOTTOM
01:09:28LEAF, LOOK CLOSELY, THERE WILL
01:09:32BE A CALIFORNIA BEAR. I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM.
01:09:37I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY REPUBLICANS WILL BE LEFT OUT THERE. [LAUGHTER]
01:09:42I TAKE THIS GREAT PRIDE WHEN I BECAME LEADER EVERYONE THE
01:09:45MAJORITY IN FOUR YEARS, WE ONLY HAD A FIVE-C MAJORITY AND PICKED
01:09:49UP FIVE MORE SEATS IN CALIFORNIA.
01:09:51WE DO NOT HAVE TO REDISTRICT TO DO IT, GAVIN.
01:09:54UP ON THE TOP, YOU WILL SEE THERE'S A MACE.
01:09:59JUST REMIND ME. IN THE NOTE I LEFT FOR THE
01:10:04SPEAKER I TRIED TO TELL HIM THE
01:10:08JOB OVERWHELMS AND YOU DO CERTAIN THINGS. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS
01:10:11I WOULD DO IS OPEN UP THE CHAMBERS.
01:10:16NO MATTER HOW BAD OR GOOD THE DAY WAS GOING TO BE, YOU OPEN IT UP.
01:10:20THIS CHOICE HERE? -- JOYCE HERE?
01:10:26STAND UP, JOYCE. [APPLAUSE]
01:10:38THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WOULD SEE HER FACE.
01:10:42SHE WOULD HOLD A MACE AND WOULD WALK IN.
01:10:45WHEN YOU SIT UP WHERE THE
01:10:47SPEAKER STANDS AND YOU LOOK OUT
01:10:50AND YOU THINK LESS THAN
01:10:5412,000 PEOPLE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE, IT DID NOT
01:10:57MATTER WHERE YOU CAME FROM BUT YOU WERE GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE.
01:11:01IT IS NOT A PERFECT NATION.
01:11:02WE STRIVE TO BE A MORE PERFECT NATION.
01:11:07I HAVE WATCHED ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
01:11:11WE PUT THE MACE DOWN IN THE CHAIR.
01:11:13THAT IS AN -- THE PICTURE WAS
01:11:17TAKEN FROM THE CEREMONIAL OFFICE LOOKING OUT THROUGH THE MALL.
01:11:22IF YOU LOOK TO THE SIDE, THERE'S
01:11:25AN LV, THE ROMAN NUMERAL
01:11:33FOR 55.
01:11:35A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIGNITARIES AND A LOT OF TALKS WITH ALL OF YOU.
01:11:40TWO THINGS I WANTED TO LEAVE TO THANK.
01:11:43MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO
01:11:47THANK THE CONSTITUENTS OF GRAND COUNTY.
01:11:51THEY TRUSTED ME TIME AND AGAIN.
01:11:56IN TIMES I WOULD FALL AND THEY WERE THERE.
01:12:00THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD TO MY
01:12:04WHOLE FAMILY. I BELIEVE IN SERVICE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TALK
01:12:08DOWN TO SOMEBODY FROM GOVERNMENT. I WANT THE VERY BEST TO SERVE.
01:12:14THE MOST IMPORTANT, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
01:12:20IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
01:12:22I HOPE A FEW OF YOU MISSED ME.
01:12:26AN UNBELIEVABLE PARK. THERE'S ONE LESS PERSON I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
01:12:29HE HAS NOT SPOKEN YET. FRENCH HILL. HE WILL COME BACK UP.
01:12:34HE WILL DO THE PRAYER, THE BENEDICTION.
01:12:37FRENCH, AT TIMES I THINK HE WAS TOO SMART FOR HIS OWN JOB.
01:12:41IF SOMEBODY WOULD CRAFT, WHO DO YOU NEED?
01:12:46I REMEMBER IN SILICON VALLEY BANK IS CLOSING. EVERYBODY'S PANICKING.
01:12:50I DIDN'T PANIC. I CALLED FRENCH. WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
01:12:54THIS MINISTERED IN TREASURY, OWNED HIS OWN BANK.
01:12:58THERE IS NOTHING BETTER TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE A CHAIRMAN.
01:13:01I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE
01:13:03WATCHED YOU ACCOMPLISH ROSE
01:13:07BEYOND ANY EXPECTATIONS ANYONE HAS HAD. AMAZING JOB.
01:13:11WITH THAT, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. [APPLAUSE]
01:13:40>> PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR
01:13:42THE BENEDICTION DELIVERED BY THE
01:13:45HONORABLE J. FRENCH HILL,
01:13:49HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVE OF ARKANSAS.
01:13:52>> SPEAKER JOHNSON, SPEAKER
01:13:56MCCARTHY, WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT HAS BEEN FOR ALL OF US TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
01:14:00THE PRESIDENT'S OWN, SEMPER FI. THAT WAS MAGNIFICENT.
01:14:04BENEDICTION TONIGHT. MAY THE LORD BLESS KEVIN
01:14:08MCCARTHY AND KEEP HIM.
01:14:10MAY HE BLESS THIS PORTRAYED THAT IT MIGHT HANG WITH THE SAME
01:14:14RESOLVE KEVIN SHOWED THROUGH 15 BALLOTS.
01:14:17MAY IT HANG STRAIGHT. MAY THE LIGHTING ALWAYS BE
01:14:21FLATTERING. MAY FUTURE GENERATIONS GAZE UPON
01:14:25IT AND SAY, WOW, HE HAD GREAT
01:14:29HAIR. [LAUGHTER] AND FROM THIS DAY FORWARD MAY
01:14:33THERE BE NO MOTION TO REMOVE IT. [LAUGHTER]
01:14:40NO CALL TO VACATE ITS PLACE ON THE WALL.
01:14:44MAY THIS BE ONE POSITION KEVIN NEVER HAS TO COUNT THE VOTES TO KEEP.
01:14:49THIS PORTRAIT MARKS KEVIN'S
01:14:51PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS INSTITUTION, AND INSTITUTION LARGER THAN ANY ONE OF US.
01:14:57IT REPRESENTS YEARS OF SERVICE,
01:15:02HARD-FOUGHT VICTORIES, DIFFICULT DAYS, AND FRIENDSHIPS STRENGTHENED ALONG THE WAY.
01:15:07WE GIVE THANKS FOR JUDY, CONNOR,
01:15:10AND MEGAN FOR THEIR LOVE, PATIENCE AND SACRIFICE AND
01:15:14PARTNERSHIP THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF KEVIN'S SERVICE.
01:15:19WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE STAFF WHO SERVED ALONG HIM FOR THEIR
01:15:22LOYALTY, HARD WORK, AND GOOD COUNSEL.
01:15:27IN OUR SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL YEAR,
01:15:29MAY THE PORCH REMIND US AS IT HANGS BESIDE ALL THOSE WHO CAME
01:15:34BEFORE THAT WHILE THE SPEAKERSHIP IS TEMPORARY, OUR
01:15:38PUBLIC INDOORS.
01:15:39-- ENDURES.
01:15:47LET US ADJOURNED WITHOUT
01:15:51OBJECTION TO THE REFRESHMENTS. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
01:15:55[APPLAUSE] >> LADIES INTO THEM IN, PLEASE
01:15:59REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS FOR THE DEPARTURE OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY.
01:16:02SPEAKER JOHNSON WELCOMES YOU TO JOIN A RECEPTION IN THE RAYBURN ROOM WHICH WILL BEGIN
01:16:06MOMENTARILY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
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