RELEASE: INCOMING CHAIRMAN HILL APPLAUDS AS SPEAKER JOHNSON IS ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR THE 119TH CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
January 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Incoming House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR) today released the following statement after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress. “Speaker Johnson is a longtime colleague and friend, and I am pleased he will serve as our Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress. In the 118th Congress, Speaker Johnson assumed the Speaker’s gavel and successfully navigated the challenges he faced with poise and grace. Over the next two years, I look forward to working closely with Speaker Johnson, a Republican-led Senate, and President Trump in ensuring a strong economy, getting our fiscal house in order, and maintaining America as the leading economy in the world and the preferred location for technology research and development, global capital formation, and entrepreneurship.” |
