Face the Nation: Rep. Nancy Mace
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"Well, first of all, he made a promise to our country that he would follow the law and present a budget in 12 spending bills.
There's a law from 1974, the Budget Impact and Control Act, that says we were supposed to do that. But Congress always manufactures an emergency every year, like they don't know that September 30 exists. And they skirt the law with C.R.s.
Number one, I want a speaker who will keep their word and who will get the job done. Secondarily, I was very public about working on many different issues, whether it was trying to get a balanced budget amendment on the floor, working through the Ethics Committee to come up with a process when we are trying to get people off of committee that they are allowed due process, that it's vetted via the Ethics Committee."
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"I have been working on women's issues. I have been working on gun violence issues in our communities, and I had his pledge of support on many of those things."
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"But this is bigger than just me and him. This is about the future of our country and mortgaging our kids' future, and I'm unwilling to do that."
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"Well, again, for me, it's someone that will keep their promises, that will keep their word and not keeping -- not kicking the can down the road.
And it was a matter of trust, not just for me, but there were other members in our conference. There were members on both sides of the aisle. And it's very important that, when we make a promise to the American people, we really ought to keep it.
And I have been back home in South Carolina the last couple of days since we recess and adjourned. And I heard from a lot of people. And it was a lot of: "Thank you for your vote on Tuesday. Thank you for your position on abortion. We support you.
We've got to stand up for the people of our country, I'm going to stand up against the folks in Washington that want to do the same thing we've always done."
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"But, again, when we make promises to our country..."
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"... we ought to keep them."
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"And I'm excited about the prospects of the speakers next week."
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"I have spoken with both of those gentlemen.
I think they will -- they would both be great leaders. And my bar for the next speaker is to -- is to commit to the promises that the former Speaker made to our country, and to get the job done, and to be productive. We have a lot of work that we have to do. We have a very short window of time to do it."
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"Put us to work, and let's fulfill the promises that we kept -- that we made to the American people. That's it."
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"Let's get..."
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"I think it -- it can get done very quickly.
I think there can be in the next couple of days. I believe we need to be swift with it. I have spoken to both of them. They are committed to bringing our party together and unifying and not continuing the division that we have. And that's what we need to do. I think it's a great opportunity, could be cathartic for the party and could be very positive next week."
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"Well, they're -- with both of the candidates there are going to be issues that we agree on and disagree on. That's the way it would be with any speaker."
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"Well, with any speaker. But I will tell you today, I am going to be supporting Jim Jordan for speaker for a number of reasons. I think that his values, his work ethic, his ability to just run circles around everyone with regards to policy and pushing forward. We've been one of the least productive congresses inside of 30 years, and he's going to be a workhorse for our country. And I'm really looking forward to rolling up our sleeves this week, no matter how this shakes out, and working hard for the American people because we've got to stand up for the people, we've got to put the American people first and move this country forward and do it in a positive way. And I think he's going to bring that to the table."
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"Well, again, there are going to be all sorts of issues that we agree on and disagree on. And also in terms of January 6th, the Electoral College, et cetera, I was one of the most vocal members of our party that day, and the days and weeks beyond that. I got primaried because of my vote to certify, because I spoke out."
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"And so, you know, we have to look forward and unite and come together regardless of what has happened in the past. We have to be forward thinking and look to the future to bring the party together, bring the people together and let the American people know that we care and we're going to work and fight hard for them."
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"I -- yes, I'm not familiar or aware with that."
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"I -- he's not indicted on anything that I'm aware of. And so I don't -- I don't know anything and can't speak to that."
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"Yes, I don't -- I don't know anything and I -- I don't know anything about that.
What I do know is that I've been a very strong voice for women. I've talked to Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise about that. I've been a very strong advocate for rape victims. As you mentioned earlier, the Judiciary Committee as -- with him as chairman recently passed a rape kit bill that Barbara Lee and I are working on. And those are the facts and the data that I have to work with. And I've had a very positive experience with him in that regard."
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"Well, I don't -- again, he's not indicted for anything. I don't really -- I don't know much about it. And I have had my ups and -"
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"Yes, I've had my ups and downs. And I'm not on the Ethics Committee. And I don't -- I don't know what they have. I haven't seen it. But I've had my ups and downs with a lot of members in Congress because as an independent voice I will call the balls and strikes, regardless of the consequences, regardless of the backlash. I think that's very apparent after the last five days or so.
But, again, nothing has come out of the ethics committee. I also heard in the last couple of days in terms of the retribution against Matt Gaetz, they were going to pull something out of Ethics Committee to get him back. They're -- I'm being threatened to be thrown off of my committees. I'm being threatened to be thrown out of the conference. They're threatening to take my gavel away on Oversight."
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"There's just a lot of -- by fellow members. I mean there was a letter signed on Friday. And so I want to use this as an opportunity to say, I'm willing to work with anyone who's willing to work with me. We want to move our country forward and unite during the speaker debate and the vote this week."
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