We must have an orderly transition from one speaker to the next, and stepping down before we elect a new speaker would hurt the institution, it is my plan for this House to elect a new speaker before the end of October.But at the end of the day, that’s really up to the people in this room.

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Congress must be allowed to fully review the details of any agreement before any sanctions are lifted.

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The NLRB's ambush election rule is an assault on the rights and privacy protections of American workers, with his veto, the president has once again put the interests of his political allies ahead of the small-business owners and hardworking Americans who create jobs and build a stronger economy.

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This is what we can accomplish when we are focused on common grou... by John Boehner

This is what we can accomplish when we are focused on common ground.

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It shouldn’t take another two decades to do it. by John Boehner

It shouldn’t take another two decades to do it.

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This is what we can accomplish when we're focused on finding comm... by John Boehner

This is what we can accomplish when we're focused on finding common ground.

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We know we've got more serious entitlement reform that's needed. It shouldn't take another two decades to do it.

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I'm not sure what the information was. But I'm baffled by it. by John Boehner

I'm not sure what the information was. But I'm baffled by it.

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There was an opportunity that presented itself to work in a bipartisan way to find the appropriate spending offsets. The door opened and I decided to walk in.

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And the door opened, and I decided to walk in it. As simple as t... by John Boehner

And the door opened, and I decided to walk in it. As simple as that.

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We've walked everybody through it and we think we're in a good pl... by John Boehner

We've walked everybody through it and we think we're in a good place.

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Imagine if, God forbid, another terrorist attack hits the United... by John Boehner

Imagine if, God forbid, another terrorist attack hits the United States.

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Obviously, our members have a lot of differences on how maybe we want to go about tactics, but our goal is the same, our goal is to fight this President's illegal actions on immigration, and we're now in a position to force the Senate to go to conference committee.

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We have 435 members. A lot of members have different ideas about what we should and shouldn't be doing.

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No, that's not the point. by John Boehner

No, that's not the point.

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The House has done its work. When the Senate does its work, we'll... by John Boehner

The House has done its work. When the Senate does its work, we'll let you know how we will proceed.

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When we make decisions, we'll let you know. by John Boehner

When we make decisions, we'll let you know.

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Until the Senate does something, we're in a wait-and-see mode. by John Boehner

Until the Senate does something, we're in a wait-and-see mode.

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I'm waiting for the Senate to act. The House has done its job to fund DHS and to stop the president's overreach on immigration and we are waiting for the Senate to do their jobs.

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The president is asking for less authority than he has today under previous authorizations. I don’t think that’s smart.

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The House has acted to de-fund the department and to stop the president’s overreach when it comes to immigration and his executive orders, ... And the Congress just can’t sit by and let the president defy the Constitution and defy his own his oath of office.

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