Who the Heck is Patrick McHenry? Patrick McHenry has been Speaker pro tem with limited powers, but there’s talk about trying to bump him up, giving him full power as Speaker for a limited time so the House can get back to work. I guess the first thing we know about Patrick McHenry is that one of his parents had an interest in U.S. history and a sense of humor. It starts like this:“Congressman McHenry has supported an American energy policy that is balanced between conserving energy, investing in alternative energy sources, and continuing to use America’s abundant energy resources. When this posted at around 8AM Pacific Time, Jim Jordan had just endorsed the idea of empowering McHenry until a new speaker was chosen.

Source: Fox News October 19, 2023 21:09 UTC