New Republican Leadership Team elected During organizational meetings today 11/17/10

New Republican Leadership Team elected During organizational meetings today 11/17/10. Boehner: New Leadership Team “Reflects a New Majority Ready to Listen and Go to Work”

Washington (Nov 17) During organizational meetings today, House Republicans – including newly elected and returning Members – elected their leadership team for the 112th Congress:

Speaker of the House: Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Majority Leader: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Majority Whip: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Conference Chairman: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
NRCC Chairman: Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Policy Committee Chairman: Rep. Tom Price (R-GA)
Conference Vice-Chair: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Conference Secretary: Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Freshman Representative: Rep.-elect Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Freshman Representative: Rep.-elect Tim Scott (R-SC)
Rules Committee Representative: Rep. David Dreier (R-CA)
Chairman of the Leadership: Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)

Speaker-designate Boehner issued the following statement regarding the new leadership team:

“Our new leadership team reflects a new majority ready to listen to the people and go to work on their priorities: creating jobs, cutting spending, and reforming Congress. These priorities are embodied in the Pledge to America, a governing agenda built by listening to the people.

“Our new leadership team reflects a new majority ready to be humbler, wiser, and more focused than its predecessors on the priorities of the people. It will have these traits not because of me, but because of the people it serves. It will have these traits because it was forged by a new movement that repudiated Washington, and sent us more than 80 new colleagues to stand with us in the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. I am pleased that our new leadership team includes two members of our freshman class, which brings the fresh perspective and entrepreneurial spirit Americans are longing to see in their government.

“I’m honored and humbled to have the trust and confidence of my colleagues as we begin this journey. I’m particularly grateful to the outgoing members of our leadership team – Mike Pence and Thad McCotter – for their outstanding service, and look forward to their continued contributions in the next Congress.

“Of course, the greatest honor is the one bestowed upon me by the people of Ohio’s Eighth Congressional District, who have sent me here to represent their will. In the end, it’s about them, their fellow Ohioans, and their fellow Americans – they are the ones in charge. We must honor our Constitution and stand up for the values that have made America, America -- economic freedom, individual liberty, and a government accountable to the consent of the governed. These are the principles for which our new majority will stand. For the good of our nation, and the hopes and dreams of future generations, we have to get this right, and God-willing, we will.”

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