Kilmer Statement on House Resolution to Vacate the Office of the Speaker of the House

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) released the following statement after voting to vacate the Office of the Speaker of the House:

I spent four years chairing a committee to strengthen the U.S. House as an institution because I care passionately about a Congress that can solve problems for the American people.

Unfortunately, Speaker McCarthy has repeatedly chosen to weaken the institution by bending to extremists rather than collaborating across the aisle. He has inherited the chaos he has sown.

The process of choosing a new Speaker will be messy, but I hope the Republican majority will embrace a smarter path forward and a more functional House.

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