Mike Gallagher: ‘I Don’t Have a Security Clearance’ Without a Speaker, Can’t Conduct Essential Business
More than a dozen combat veterans made an appeal Wednesday for their colleagues in Congress to elect House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker, raising the point that the position’s vacancy means national security work is on hold.
![Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., nominates Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the House chamber](https://media.breitbart.com/media/2023/01/AP23004623123226-420x315.jpg)