House Republicans must stop their infighting and rally behind a speaker candidate to get through a weeks-long impasse that has left the chamber without a speaker for 21 days, the dean of Alabama’s congressional delegation said Tuesday.

“We have got to find consensus on a Speaker. Time is of the essence. Democrats are the only ones who benefit from this impasse,” tweeted Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville.

Asked who the congressman believes House Republicans should rally around, Aderholt spokesman Carson Clark said he did not want to speculate on who Aderholt thinks is best among the current group of speaker candidates, noting the House GOP was in a conference discussing the matter on Tuesday night.

Aderholt, who was first elected in 1996 and is the longest-serving active member of Congress from Alabama, issued an additional statement:

“The bottom line is that serious issues have been put on hold while our conference works to come together. We can all agree that our inability to unite behind a Speaker is a problem. It’s incumbent upon us to keep working toward a solution,” the congressman said.

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., was the latest speaker candidate to bow out of the race earlier Tuesday , leaving the Republicans no closer to resolving the chaos they have created since ousting Kevin McCarthy at the start of the month.

Three weeks after Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy, throwing the House into turmoil, they appear no closer to ending the bitter infighting and choosing a new speaker who can credibly unite the GOP majority, lead the party and get the U.S. Congress working again.

“We’re in the same cul-de-sac,” said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus.

The House has been in turmoil since a contingent of hard-line Republicans ousted McCarthy, creating what’s now a governing crisis that’s preventing the normal operations of Congress. There appears to be no resolution within reach.

Coming in a steady second in the balloting behind Emmer was constitutional law expert Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, who directly battled Emmer in the fifth round, picking up 97 votes. He ultimately announced his full support for his colleague.

Others were eliminated during multiple rounds of voting, including Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, a top Trump ally, and McDonald’s franchise owner Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, a conservative leader who plied his colleagues with hamburgers seeking their support. Reps. Austin Scott of Georgia, Jack Bergman of Michigan, Pete Sessions of Texas, Gary Palmer of Alabama and Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania also dropped out.

Having rejected the top replacements, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and the Trump-backed Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, there is no longer any obvious choice for the job.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.