00:00 in there as far as you know?
00:02 Well earlier I thought it was going really well.
00:03 We're making progress.
00:05 I think it will be very close.
00:06 We'll get a speaker here shortly.
00:07 Would you support Austin Scott for speaker?
00:10 No, I was going to support Jim.
00:11 You would support Jim Jordan?
00:12 Yes.
00:13 Do you think that he has the vote to go to the floor?
00:16 I think he's got the vote, but we'll see.
00:18 Now Representative Scott said he's running for speaker
00:21 because he's annoyed that you were ousted.
00:23 What's your message to him?
00:24 Look, I think everybody has a right to run.
00:26 I think Jim's better prepared in the process to be speaker.
00:31 I don't think it's right that every Democrat voted to create chaos
00:35 and 4% of the Republicans joined with him.
00:38 We've watched the things we've failed.
00:39 Think, today the men and women in our military got paid.
00:44 If Gates had his way, they wouldn't be being paid
00:46 and they'd be in the Senate and in the Middle East.
00:48 Our border agents wouldn't be paid.
00:50 But this whole time we haven't been able to follow through
00:52 on our bills that we were trying to get done.
00:54 We haven't been able to do investigations.
00:57 It's just we've got 4% of the caucus that really wants to have chaos.
01:00 Do you think you'll go to the floor today?
01:02 I don't know. It'd be up to them.
01:03 Do you see any scenario where you come out with the gavel at the end of this?
01:07 No, I'm fine.
01:08 What are you saying to your colleagues who are still voting for you
01:11 even if you've told them not to nominate?
01:13 They just did in there.
01:15 I probably would have won the nomination.
01:17 I don't think that's right.
01:18 We can move on, so we'll do somewhere else.
01:21 You said you probably would have had the nomination.
01:22 Do you think you still have the most support in the room?
01:25 We'll see.
01:26 Where are they in the process?
01:27 I've got the most votes.
01:28 Where are they?
01:29 They're just doing those who want to run.
01:33 Oh, the forum.
01:35 How many people are running?
01:37 I think just two right now.
01:38 Will you do the vote, the closed-door vote after the forum now?
01:42 They'll decide when.
01:44 So we'll see.
01:46 There's a process.
01:48 I'm sure you'll all be informed.
01:49 For the handful Republican members who are already back home,
01:52 what message does that send to Americans?
01:55 Stay at work.
01:56 Do your job.
01:57 Are you worried about the attendance problem?
02:00 Well, I get worried about it because we have a small majority.
02:03 You see how eight can partner with all the Democrats
02:05 and create all sorts of chaos.
02:07 So if you have eight members led by Gates
02:09 who doesn't want to pay the troops or the border agents,
02:12 you could have real problems.
02:13 And I can't believe all the Democrats who want so much chaos.
02:15 If Jim Jordan can't get the votes,
02:17 do you think the members who try to work on bipartisan basis
02:19 will have some luck?
02:20 You're going to make a whole bunch of money.
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