The following is a transcript of an interview with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, that aired on 'Face the Nation' on Oct. 1, 2023
October 1, 2023 / 12:33 PMThe following is a transcript of an interview with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, that aired on"Face the Nation" on Oct. 1, 2023
SPEAKER MCCARTHY: Yes, I'll survive. You know this is personal with Matt. Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. He's more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something, he wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who would not be paid only because he wants to take this motion. So be it, bring it on. Let's get over with it and let's start governing.
SPEAKER MCCARTHY: Okay, so let's walk. Let's walk through what actually happened. First of all, the Democrats stood up and did dilatory actions asked to adjourn. So it was that supporting to adjourn? Then they used the Magic Minute. They went as far as pulling the fire alarm not to try to get the bill to come up. Look Democrats stick together, but they did not want the bill. They did not, they were willing to let government shutdown for our military not to be paid. No, I wasn't.
MARGARET BRENNAN: There was no border funding in the continuing resolution that passed last night, but let me ask you–MARGARET BRENNAN: --Well there wasn't. MARGARET BRENNAN: What do you mean the border first, because the White House briefed Congress that 45 days, they don't have enough money–SPEAKER MCCARTHY: They have more than three, they have more than three billion dollars right now, to be able to help them get through it. If they have some challenge, we can sit down, and we can talk about that. But the American border matters and more--SPEAKER MCCARTHY: --more Americans are dying on our border than Americans are dying in Ukraine.
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