{"id":15425,"date":"2015-09-28T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T14:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=15425"},"modified":"2015-09-28T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T14:52:26","slug":"reed-weighs-in-on-boehner-decision-calls-for-gop-to-rally-around-new-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/reed-weighs-in-on-boehner-decision-calls-for-gop-to-rally-around-new-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Reed Weighs In on Boehner Decision, Calls for GOP to Rally Around New Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rep.<\/a>

Rep. Tom Reed (R-Corning)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Reed<\/strong> (R-Corning, NY 23) \u2013 who represents Chautauqua County in Washington \u2013 is wishing outgoing house Speaker John Boehner<\/strong> following his announcement Friday that he would be stepping down as speaker at the end of October.<\/p>\n

In a prepared statement sent out to the media, Reed said he respects Boehner\u2019s leadership and decision to step down, and he\u2019s hoping that his party can rally around the next speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate John Boehner\u2019s leadership over the last 5 years. He worked diligently to advance the conservative principles necessary to lead America forward. I respect his decision to step down as Speaker of the House and believe that it is only fair to allow him to depart gracefully.” Reed said.<\/p>\n

“I\u00a0am hopeful that as a party, we can rally around the next Speaker, so we can\u00a0continue to fight back against the destructive agenda that is\u00a0hurting\u00a0job creation, causing\u00a0stagnated wages\u00a0and\u00a0forcing\u00a0the top-down regulations onto our small businesses and families. I care about the future of our nation and believe we have the opportunity for a fresh start. We must come together as a country to creatively solve our challenges and not let politics\u00a0triumph over good governance and putting the people’s business first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Boehner tried to do the right thing under almost impossible circumstances and will be missed by both Democrats and Republicans alike.<\/p>\n

The early favorite to succeed Boehner as speaker is Rep. Kevin McCarthy<\/strong> of California, who serves on the House Republican Steering Committee and the House committees of Agriculture, Administration and Homeland Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning, NY 23) \u2013 who represents Chautauqua County in Washington \u2013 is wishing outgoing house Speaker John Boehner following his announcement Friday that he would be stepping down as speaker at the end of October. In a prepared statement sent out to the media, Reed said he respects Boehner\u2019s leadership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Reed Weighs In on Boehner Decision, Calls for GOP to Rally Around New Speaker","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[384,558,1038,1253,5725,2263],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Read-Feature.png?fit=332%2C189&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-40N","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15426,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15425\/revisions\/15426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}