Comer Says He’s ‘Ashamed’ Of Fellow House Republicans: ‘We’ve Wasted Three Weeks’

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said he is “ashamed” that the House Republican conference still has not elected a speaker after it removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the post three weeks ago.

McCarthy was ousted after eight Republicans joined 208 Democrats in voting to boot him from his position.

Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, weighed in on the speaker drama that has hampered the House in recent weeks on Monday’s Kudlow.

“I need a Republican speaker of the House, Mr. Chairman so you can go back to work,” Larry Kudlow said on Fox Business. “What’s happening?”

Comer replied:

We’ve wasted three weeks. And, you know, this was a dumb move by those eight members of Congress. Many of them are on my committee. I like, you know, at least six of the eight. But at the end of the day, they had no plan. They had no plan, and Larry, this could stretch out another two or three weeks. And it’s limited the ability of committees, not only to meet, but my committee, to do subpoenas and things like that.

So, this isn’t being productive. We got started a month late with subpoena power. I didn’t get subpoena power ’til basically February the 1st because we went through all of this in January with the speaker’s race. So, this is unfortunate and you know, I’m ashamed that we’re in this position. Hopefully, we’ll find someone that can get 217 votes soon.

Last week, Republicans nominated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for the speakership, but he failed to gain a majority of votes on three ballots. The previous week, the conference nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) to the position, but he withdrew when it became clear he did not have the votes.

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