ICYMI: Van Orden, Veterans Call to Support McCarthy for Speaker

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, yesterday Congressman-elect Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) joined 17 veteran members-elect of Congress to highlight the national security issues presented by the delay to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

“We are here to serve the American people,” said Van Orden. “We all put a uniform on before. Well, this is my uniform now, and I plan on serving the people of the United States of America. The people standing behind me have regularly, consistently, over decades proven that they’re willing to put something greater than themselves, above themselves.

“It’s service over self…and I want to make sure that everyone out there understands what we’re trying to accomplish. We’re trying to make sure that we can do the people’s will, and a minority of our party has decided that they want to continue with this obstructionism and it’s actually becoming detrimental to our nation, and I will not stand for that.”

Watch the full press conference on C-SPAN here.