Sources: Flores, Conaway Weighing Bids for U.S. House Speaker
WASHINGTON — Two Texans are positioning themselves for a run to become the next speaker of the U.S. House, according to sources with knowledge of the congressmen’s interest.
U.S. Reps. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, and Bill Flores, R-Bryan, are considering bids for the gavel, in light of U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s withdrawal from the speaker’s race on Thursday.
Two sources — including a staffer for a member of the Texas GOP delegation — confirmed the bids to The Texas Tribune.
The sources insist that it is an amicable situation between the two men and that it is highly unlikely the Texas delegation would split allegiances. In repeated comments from Texas GOP members throughout the day, there was an emphatic insistence that the delegation would stay united.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/08/texas-members-react-congress-chaos/
[font color=330099]I don't know much about Conaway, but Bill Flores' oil company stiffed the taxpayers for millions of dollars when it filed for bankruptcy.[/font]