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Henry Cuellar: “The ouster of a Speaker is just historic.”

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 00:39

… a little bit of order and also some of the policies you're hoping to enact to the floor? Well, you know, first of all, what we just saw right now, The ouster of a Speaker is just historic. number one. Number two, we saw the 911 rules just come into play. That is, at the beginning of the session, the speaker leaves an envelope with a name that would take over just to preside to decide who the next speaker will be. (00:39–00:46)

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Asserts that the removal of a Speaker is a historic event.

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