Speaker candidate Rep. Pete Sessions wants to shift House Republicans from fighting to fixing, and believes he could do that if he wins the gavel.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks with Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, as Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., talks with Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., during a House Oversight and Reform Committee regarding the on Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol …Speaker candidate Rep. Pete Sessions wants to shift House Republicans from fighting to fixing and believes he could if he wins the gavel.
Mr. Sessions of Texas told Fox News that it was time for the conference to come together following three weeks of spinning its wheels trying to elect a new speaker to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Mr. Sessions is the longest serving candidate vying for the gavel. He has two stints in Congress under his belt, with the first going from 1997 to 2019. He was then elected back to the House in 2021.
Mr. Sessions pointed to his success as NRCC chair as a selling point for his ability to unify a fractured conference. He said that Republicans were 40 seats back in 2009, but under his watch the conference was able to scoop up 63 seats. That historic turnaround over a decade ago clinched the majority for Republicans.
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