Rep.-elect Ami Bera, D-Calif., said he would support a 'unity candidate' for House speaker as the election stalemate continued into the fifth round of voting Wednesday.
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio was seen in an animated discussion with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, Wednesday moments before the House began its fourth vote in two days to select the next House speaker.Rep.-elect Ami Bera, D-Calif.
"The Republicans need to fast forward this process to pick a candidate so we can get on with doing the people’s business," Bera said."I would support a unity candidate if that's what it takes, because we need a Speaker of the House." "I don’t know about whipping against Republicans trying to adjourn, a lot of things are going to happen after we start voting, but we need to speed things up, not slow them down," he said."All I know is that Democrats are aligned with Congressman Jeffries and are united together on our agenda. Let’s get this done."
Rep. Ami Bera chairs a House Committee on Foreign Affairs Asia and Pacific subcommittee hearing concerning the coronavirus outbreak, in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, February 5, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives at the Capitol as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.
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