| − | '''Patrick McHenry''', born October 22, 1975 (age {{age|1975|10|22}}), is a [[Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[North Carolina]], in the state's 10th Congressional district. He was elected to Congress in 2004, and reelected with 62% of the vote in 2006. On October 3, 2023, he became the Speaker Pro Tempore after the ousting of [[Kevin McCarthy]].<ref name="Gillespie 2023 s883">{{cite web | last=Gillespie | first=Brandon | title=Who is Patrick McHenry, speaker pro tempore of House following McCarthy's ouster? | website=[[Fox News]] | date=2023-10-03 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-is-patrick-mchenry-speaker-pro-tempore-house-following-mccarthy-ouster.amp | access-date=2023-10-04}}</ref> | + | '''Patrick McHenry''', born October 22, 1975 (age {{age|1975|10|22}}), is a [[Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[North Carolina]], in the state's 10th Congressional district. He was elected to Congress in 2004, and reelected with 62% of the vote in 2006. On October 3, 2023, he became the Speaker Pro Tempore after the ousting of [[Kevin McCarthy]], who was subsequenty succeeded by the more conservative [[Mike Johnson]] of [[Louisiana]].<ref name="Gillespie 2023 s883">{{cite web | last=Gillespie | first=Brandon | title=Who is Patrick McHenry, speaker pro tempore of House following McCarthy's ouster? | website=[[Fox News]] | date=2023-10-03 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-is-patrick-mchenry-speaker-pro-tempore-house-following-mccarthy-ouster.amp | access-date=2023-10-04}}</ref> |
| | In November 2023, Representative McHenry joined sixty-nine other Republicans to vote to establish a new $300 million building to house the [[FBI]], despite reservations raised by conservatives about the fairness of the agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/here-is-list-70-rinos-who-just-voted/|title=Here Is a List of 70 RINOs Who Just Voted to Reward the Weaponized FBI With a Lavish New $300 Million Building|publisher=''The Liberty Daily''|author=J. D. Rucker|date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> | | In November 2023, Representative McHenry joined sixty-nine other Republicans to vote to establish a new $300 million building to house the [[FBI]], despite reservations raised by conservatives about the fairness of the agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/here-is-list-70-rinos-who-just-voted/|title=Here Is a List of 70 RINOs Who Just Voted to Reward the Weaponized FBI With a Lavish New $300 Million Building|publisher=''The Liberty Daily''|author=J. D. Rucker|date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> |