House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hands the gavel to newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Oct. 25, 2023.
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Johnson returned to the House to applause from those in the chamber, and McHenry called the House back into order.
The Democratic leader then took his place at the dais and delivered a speech cheering the work of House Democrats so far this Congress, while decrying the dysfunction that gripped the House over the last three weeks.
“From the very beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have made clear that we will find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues wherever and whenever possible for the good of the American people, and House Democrats have repeatedly done just that,” Jeffries…
