McCarthy Asks Senate Republicans to Trust Him in House Speaker Role

U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) leaves a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on Nov. 29, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Senate Republicans at a luncheon on Dec. 21 that they should have faith in him to lead the House Republican majority in the next Congress, according to The Hill.

“It was a unifying message, he talked about how we need to work better together than we have in the past,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) told reporters after the meeting.