House will address 'rise of the Chinese Communist party,' McCarthy

Newlyelected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Saturday said he will look into the issue of public debt and pledged that the House will address the rise of the Chinese Communist partyMcCarthy 57 was elected the House Speaker in a historic postmidnight 15th ballot on SaturdayHe replaced Nancy Pelosi 82 of the Democratic PartyMcCarthy defeated 52yearold Hakeem Sekou Jeffries by 216 to 212 votes in the 15th round of votes that went past midnightAlso read AI urination American multinational Wells Fargo terminates Shankar MishraIn his maiden speech as Speaker McCarthy said he wanted the US to win the economic competition with ChinaWe will address Americas longterm challenges the debt and the rise of the Chinese Communist Party The Congress must speak in one voice on these issues McCarthy said in his maiden speech as speakerThe Republican was able to muster a majority from the lawmakers present on the floor only after six of his party rebels voted present which brought down the magic number from 218 to 215 votesAs for the Chinese Communist Party we will create a bipartisan Select Committee on China to investigate how to bring back the hundreds of thousands of jobs that went to China Then we will win this economic competition he said evoking applause from the lawmakersMcCarthy said this moment calls for restoring trust within the country with each otherIn that spirit I will work with anyone everyone who shares our passion to deliver a better future for the nation I hope youll join me as a Congress can only operate if we cooperate he saidHe told his Congressional colleagues that his father always told him its not important how one startsIts how you finish And now we need to finish strong for the American people he assertedMcCarthy becomes 55th House speaker after the fifthlongest contest in history He won the gavel after 15 rounds of voting making it the longest election for speakerThe longest vote in US history took place in 1855 lasting 133 rounds over two monthsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever