Congressman Steve Scalise is the Republican Nominee for Speaker of the House | EWTN News Nightly

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Republicans now have a nominee for Speaker of the House: that's Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana. The current Majority Leader beat out Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, 113 to 99. Congressman Scalise says the first order of business will be to get aid to Israel. Representative Steve Scalise says, "We need to make sure we are sending a message to people all throughout the world that the House is open and doing the people's business, making sure we are standing. The first resolution we will pass under Speaker Scalise will be to make it clear we stand with Israel." GOP lawmakers still need to work out how to get more members on board before putting the nomination to the full House for a vote. Democrats have said their entire Caucus will vote for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York joins to tell us who he will support. He discusses what his message is to lawmakers such as Matt Gaetz. On another note, with the House is in such disarray with the situation in the Middle East, Congressman Lawler shares the kind of message that sends. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf