“This is probably one of the most embarrassing things I’ve seen because if we don’t have a speaker of the House, we can’t govern. And every day that goes by, we’re essentially shut down as a government.”— House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX)

 “This is embarrassing for the Republican Party. It’s embarrassing for the nation, and we need to look at one another and solve the problem.”—former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)