Malliotakis Congratulates Speaker McCarthy on Hard-Fought Victory

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement congratulating Kevin McCarthy for his election to Speaker of the House for the 118th Congress.

"I’m pleased to see Republicans unite to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker for the 118th Congress. While the past few days have been tedious and frustrating, I’m thankful cooler heads prevailed, allowing us to begin the work we were elected to do and enact solutions to address the multiple crises created over the past two years under one-party Democrat rule.

"Throughout this process, Speaker McCarthy has listened to suggestions from across the party and enacted good government reforms to improve the way this institution operates and empower rank-and-file members, including a minimum of three days to review legislation and a requirement that any new government spending is offset with cuts to balance our budget and begin paying our unsustainable $31 trillion debt.

"Nancy Pelosi’s horrendous reign over the U.S. House of Representatives has officially come to an end and we are ready to uphold our Commitment to America and pass solutions to secure our border, stop Biden’s 87,000 IRS agent army, tackle inflation, increase our energy independence to lower costs for American families and restore public safety in cities across America. Let's get to work."