{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-statement-house-speakers-race", "Amodei Statement on House Speaker's Race", "2023-10-04", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Mark E. Amodei", "A000369", "amodei.house.gov", "amodei", "https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) released the following statement on the race for House speaker.\n\n\u201cFollowing Kevin McCarthy\u2019s removal as speaker and his announcement that he will not run again, the House is tasked with electing a new speaker. The Republican Conference is scheduled to hold a candidate forum next Tuesday, where potential candidates will have the opportunity to present their vision and qualifications for the role of speaker, followed by an election to determine who our nominee will be. Once both parties have designated their nominees, the House will vote to elect a new speaker.\n\n\u201cThe next week will be full of jostling between candidates and speculation on who will be able to receive the 218 votes necessary to be elected speaker. For those interested in who I will choose to support, my decision will be informed by the discussions I have in the coming days. I urge any candidate for speaker looking for my support to commit to delivering results for Nevada, including ensuring all Nevada lands bills are made a priority and advanced to the floor.\n\n\u201cI\u2019d also be interested to know about candidates\u2019 willingness to change the motion to vacate rule to require a larger consensus before it can be brought to the House floor for a vote, because the current rule \u2013 which allows a single person to blow up regular order and bring up a motion to vacate the speaker \u2013 is untenable. If something doesn\u2019t change, we\u2019ll be spinning the wheels here for the next 15 months every time someone decides they disagree with the speaker or need to juice their fundraising numbers.\n\n\u201cI look forward to supporting a speaker who will provide aggressive oversight of the executive branch and get us back to the work of governing.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-statement-house-speakers-race"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5928847715258598, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}