Why What's Happening on Capitol Hill Is 'a Healthy Process'

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The speaker of the House has yet to be chosen after three days and eleven rounds of voting.

So, how long can this go on?

"That's a great question, and I think one that many in Washington, D.C., are contemplating, us, people on the Hill, staff members of members themselves. But the short answer is it can go on for as long as it takes," Ryan Walker, vice president of government relations for Heritage Action, the grassroots arm of The Heritage Foundation, says. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news outlet.)

"Now, we don't have much history or immediate history with this process because the last time that this happened was nearly 100 years ago, so it's relatively new, but I think this is how the system was designed," Walker says.

Walker joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to further discuss the speaker of the House race, his thoughts on Rep. Matt Gaetz voting for former President Donald Trump in the seventh round of voting on Thursday, and whether or not you have to be a member of Congress to run for the speaker position.

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0:00.0	The work that's being done by these members should not be lambasted as chaos or nefarious
0:07.2	in any way.
0:08.5	I think this is how the system was designed.
0:10.4	It's a healthy process.
0:12.1	We get to see these debates in public.
0:20.1	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, January 6.
0:23.7	I'm Samantha Sherris.
0:25.7	And that was Ryan Walker, Vice President of Government Relations for Heritage Action.
0:31.4	After three days of voting and numerous ballots, there is still no speaker of the house.
0:38.3	How long can this go on?
0:40.6	And what to those opposing Representative Kevin McCarthy want?
0:44.9	Ryan Walker is joining us to discuss these questions and much more.
0:49.4	We'll be getting to my conversation with Ryan right after this.
0:53.4	As conservatives, sometimes it feels like we're constantly on defense against bad ideas.
0:58.5	Bad philosophy, revisionist history, junk science, and device of politics.
1:03.8	But here's something I've come to understand.
1:05.6	When faced with bad ideas, it's not enough to just defend.
1:08.8	If we want to save this country, then it's time to go on offense.
1:14.1	Conservative principles are ideas that work.
1:16.7	Individual responsibility, strong local communities, and belief in the American dream.
1:21.6	As a former college professor and current president of the Heritage Foundation, my life's
1:25.7	mission is to learn, educate, and take action.
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