The 118th Congress is now in session after the historic vote for Kevin McCarthy overnight. Republicans from the Tri-State Area are being credited with helping end the stalemate. LisaRoznerTV reports.
It took five days and 15 rounds of voting for him to seize the gavel just past midnight. Early Saturday morning, the sign marking McCarthy's House speaker role was installed on Capitol Hill."My father always told me, it's not how you start, it's how you finish, and now we need to finish strong for the American people," McCarthy said.
As the House was preparing to adjourn until Monday, Republican Long Island Congressman Andrew Garbarino was one of the first to vote for them to stay, along with other New York Republicans. Immediately after, all members were sworn in, including embattled Long Island and Queens Rep. George Santos. The first-time lawmaker dodged our questions all week about his message to voters disappointed he lied about his life story.
"Raised in a working class neighborhood in Crown Heights," he said."Somehow survived the violence of the crack cocaine epidemic and wound up here in the United States Congress as the highest ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives. America, truly a land of opportunity."
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