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David Valadao: “Losing Kevin McCarthy as the speaker was a huge loss for the…”

Featuring: David Valadao, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 22

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Some of its frustration with the process. There's obviously always members talking about retiring. It's frustrating to watch. But in reality it's, it's a self inflicted wound here. Well, it's obviously very important. Losing Kevin McCarthy as the speaker was a huge loss for the country. But for us in Kern county to lose him and not have that extra representative here in the Central Valley was a big loss for us. (04:01–04:05)

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Asserts that losing Kevin McCarthy as Speaker was a significant loss for the country.

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