Rep. Meuser Reacts to Republican Conference Nominating Steve Scalise as Next Speaker

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) released the below statement following the House Republican Conference’s vote to nominate Majority Leader Steve Scalise as the next Speaker of the House. 

Meuser said, “Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are both great Americans. I’ve been supportive of Jim Jordan as our next Speaker and Scalise as Majority Leader – great team! Now, after a Conference vote and Jim Jordan agreeing to nominate and support Steve Scalise as Speaker, I will also be supporting Steve Scalise as our next Speaker.

The criteria for my support for Speaker is as follows:

(1) Passing a fiscally responsible, pro-growth budget.

(2) Stopping the excessive, wasteful spending, and rooting out waste, abuse, and fraud from federal spending.

(3) Continuing to advocate for H.R. 1 — responsible American Energy Independence and dominance is crucial to our national security and economic strength.

(4) Securing the border and implementing immigration reform policy. As a start, we should impeach Secretary Mayorkas who is deliberately not enforcing our nation's illegal immigration laws.

(5) Prosecute and weed out corruption, including the blatant and obvious Biden scandals.

(6) We must through policy, execution, and factual, honest messaging earn the trust of the American voters so we can expand our majority in the House, gain the majority in the Senate, and win the all-important Presidential election.”

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