Washington, D.C. – Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) released the following statement on the Motion to Vacate and removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. LaHood opposed the Motion to Vacate.
"Using the Motion to Vacate to remove Speaker McCarthy with a majority of Democrat votes is a shameful maneuver that does a disservice to the American people and hinders the key conservative priorities that voters put a Republican Majority in the House to advance.
"Under the Biden Administration and a Democrat-controlled Senate, the southern border is in crisis, violent crime is on the rise, and the Biden economy is harming working families. The House Republican Majority – led by Speaker McCarthy – has been the only body in the federal government pushing back against the left-wing agenda coming from the White House. Today's move by a few Members more concerned with clicks and soundbites, rather than working to achieve conservative policy victories, threatens to hand the House of Representatives back to Democrats. Hard working Illinois families will pay the price for these political games.
"I will continue to work in the days ahead to end this impasse and pursue solutions to the problems voters sent our Republican Majority to Washington to fix."
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