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Henry Cuellar: “Nothing can be considered until we have a new speaker.”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Congressman Henry Cuellar Talks Oust of House Speaker Bloomberg Talks

Published | Video Starts at 03:48

So we got the border, you know, we got the 12 appropriation bills, we got Ukraine, you know, so many issues and everything has stopped now. Nothing, Nothing can be considered until we have a new speaker. How long that would take, we have no, no idea. I think the Republican caucus has to go back and decide among themselves whether they want to move forward by themselves, maybe come up with another speaker or maybe change some of the minds. (03:48–03:53)

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Asserts that legislative activities are halted until a new Speaker is elected.

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