{"id":1269445,"date":"2023-10-21T07:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T12:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1269445"},"modified":"2023-10-24T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T12:16:10","slug":"rep-moran-says-leadership-is-needed-with-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1269445","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Moran says Republicans need to lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/06\/NathanielMoran-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1236133\" \/> TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c As the search for a Speaker of The House is ongoing, Congressman Nathaniel Moran says that Republicans need to find a leader to advance their priorities in their conference. Those being border security and support for Israel. With the events in the Mideast and budget crisis Moran said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of bi-partisan issues that we could get to, especially as it relates to Israel right now, that we absolutely can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take action on until we get a speaker. As I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said from the beginning, it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter if you like Speaker McCarthy or not, three weeks ago was the absolute worst time to vacate and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen exactly why,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Moran said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We knew appropriations was time sensitive at the time, we couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have predicted Israel but now that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even more so that we need leadership here that can actually help the House function. We have a job to do.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The District 1 Representative voted for Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan during his three rounds of speaker voting before Jordan removed his name from consideration for House Speaker Friday. Rep. Kevin Hearn of Oklahoma, Rep. Jodey Arrington of Texas, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan and Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, were all potential nominees that Moran said he would support if they were the conference nominee. Late Friday  East Texas Rep. Pete Sessions also declared his candidacy. The vote for a new Speaker in Congress resumes Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c As the search for a Speaker of The House is ongoing, Congressman Nathaniel Moran says that Republicans need to find a leader to advance their priorities in their conference. Those being border security and support for Israel. With the events in the Mideast and budget crisis Moran said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of bi-partisan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1269445\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rep. Moran says Republicans need to lead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1269455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/06\/NathanielMoran-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. 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