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Conservatives Call for New House Leadership [1]

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Date: 2023-01

January 4, 2023

Washington, DC

Conservative organizations and the millions of grassroots conservatives we represent are united in our support of the 20 courageous members of Congress seeking to change the status quo in Washington.

Over the past decade, the House has grown increasingly autocratic. Rank and file members are routinely denied a chance to participate in the legislative process, committees are ignored, deals and loopholes for interests abound, and there is virtually no amendment process for any bills, large or small. The outcome reflects the process: bills that cater to a handful of members in leadership and K street lobbyists, but ignore the priorities of the voters.

Months ago, these members made clear that this established way of doing things was no longer acceptable. They made public a series of proposed reforms designed to democratize the House – to engage the broader membership in legislating, and bring accountability back to the People’s House.

Rather than engage them in a good faith negotiation, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has instead maligned both the requests and the messengers. He has publicly and through proxies leveled attacks against members of his own party, including threatening to deny committee assignments for those who continue to oppose him. Moreover, he has failed to answer for, or commit to halting, his coordinated efforts in the 2022 elections to promote moderate Republican candidates over conservatives.

Because of this, he has thus far failed to garner the 218 votes necessary to lead the House GOP conference in three separate rounds of voting. The job of the Speaker is to garner consensus among disparate factions of the party, and unite them.

These members represent the millions of voters across the country who are disgusted with the business-as-usual, self-interested governance in Washington. We stand behind them and beside them in their courageous efforts to find a Speaker of the House who will represent the interests of conservatives. We encourage more conservative members to join their ranks.

The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell

Chairman, Conservative Action Project

Chairman, CNP Action, Inc. Jenny Beth Martin

Chairman

Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund L. Brent Bozell III

Founder and President

Media Research Center The Honorable Jim DeMint

Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute

Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013) David N. Bossie

President

Citizens United Lori Roman

President

ACRU Action Fund Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.

President and CEO

First Liberty Institute Andrew Roth

President

State Freedom Caucus Network Ed Corrigan

Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project

President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute Cleta Mitchell, Esq.

Senior Legal Fellow

Conservative Partnership Institute The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop

White House Advisor

President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985) Tom Jones

Co-Founder

American Accountability Foundation The Honorable Edwin Meese III

Attorney General

President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988) The Honorable Bob McEwen

U.S. House of Representatives

Former Member, Ohio Thomas E. McClusky

Principal

Greenlight Strategies, LLC The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell

President

The Leadership Institute The Honorable Russ Vought

Director

Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021) Noah Wall

Executive Vice President

FreedomWorks William L. Walton

The Bill Walton Show

Resolute Protector Foundation Myron Ebell David Bozell

President

ForAmerica Ginni Thomas

President

Liberty Consulting Terry Schilling

President

American Principles Project Alfred S. Regnery

President

Republic Book Publishers Chad Connelly

Founder and President

Faith Wins Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.

Executive Chairman

Center for Security Policy The Honorable David McIntosh

President

Club for Growth Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)

Executive Vice President

Family Research Council Scott T. Parkinson

Vice President for Government Affairs

Club for Growth Wesley Denton

Chief Operating Officer

Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) Seton Motley

President

Less Government Khadine Ritter

Chair

Eagle Forum of Ohio Kristen A. Ullman

President

Eagle Forum Dr. Virginia Armstrong

Nat’l. Chrm., Law & Worldview Program

Eagle Forum Karen England

President

Capitol Resource Institute The Honorable Gary L. Bauer

President

American Values The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.

Managing Editor

ConservativeHQ.com Mike Davis

Founder and President

Article III Project (A3P) and Internet Accountability Project (IAP) Allen J. Hebert

Chairman

American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston Ralph Rebandt

Former 2022 Gubernatorial candidate

Ralph Rebandt for Michigan Governor The Honorable Louis F. Terhar

Ohio State Senator (Ret.)

CNP, Board of Governors C. Preston Noell III

President

Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. Melvin Adams

President

Noah Webster Educational Foundation Carol Rebandt

Chief of Staff

2022 Campaign to elect Ralph Rebandt for Michigan Governor Floyd Brown

Founder

The Western Journal Debbie Georgatos

Host, America Can We Talk?

CWT Publications, LLC Rob Gluskin

Managing Partner

Gluskin Investment Partners Richard Rounsavelle

Trustee

MRC The Honorable Mike Hill

Former Member

Florida State House Robert K. Fischer

Meeting Coordinator

Conservatives of Faith Dr. John C. Eastman

Partner

Constitutional Counsel Group Debbie Wuthnow

President

IVoterGuide The Honorable George Dunlop

Senior Policy Advisor Trump Transition 2017

Trump Transition 2017 Sheryl Kaufman

Board Member

Americans for Limited Government Ron Armstrong

President

Stand Up Michigan Inc. Ned Jones

Deputy Director

Election Integrity Network The Honorable Steve King

Member, U.S. Congress (Ret.) The Honorable Jake Hoffman

President & CEO

1TEN | A Creative Agency The Honorable Laurin Hendrix

Representative Elect

AZ Legislature The Honorable Anthony Kern

Member

Arizona State Senate Brigitte Gabriel

CEO, ACT For America

ACT For America The Honorable Jacqueline Parker

Member

AZ State House of Representatives Jessie Jane Duff

Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (ret)

2020 Campaign Co-Chair Veterans for Trump Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.

Founders and CEO

Corstet LLC E.C. Sykes

General Partner

Aslan Ventures The Honorable Joseph Chaplik

Arizona State Representative

Arizona House of Representatives Eunie Smith

President Emeritus

Eagle Forum Amy Kremer

Chairwoman

Women for America First John Stemberger

President

Florida Family Action Tim Macy

Chairman

Gun Owners of America The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.

Chief Domestic Advisor

President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988) Jim Hoft

Founder Editor

The Gateway Pundit

All organizations listed for IDENTIFICATION purposes only.

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