[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H6]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ELECTION OF CLERK OF THE HOUSE, SERGEANT AT ARMS, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE 
                         OFFICER, AND CHAPLAIN

  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution 
(H. Res. 1) and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 1

       Resolved, That Jeffrey J. Trandahl of the State of South 
     Dakota, be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives;
       That Wilson S. Livingood of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
     be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
     Representatives;
       That James M. Eagen, III, of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania be, and is hereby, chosen Chief Administrative 
     Officer of the House of Representatives; and
       That Father Daniel P. Coughlin of the State of Illinois, 
     be, and is hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of 
     Representatives.

  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment to the resolution, but 
before offering the amendment, I request that there be a division of 
the question on the resolution so that we may have a separate vote on 
the Chaplain.
  The SPEAKER. The question will be divided.
  The question is on agreeing to that portion of the resolution 
providing for the election of the Chaplain.
  That portion of the resolution was agreed to.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Frost

  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the remainder of the 
resolution.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Frost:
       Resolved, That Dan Turton of the District of Columbia be, 
     and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives;
       That Steve Elmendorf of the District of Columbia be, and is 
     hereby chosen Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       That Moses Mercado of the District of Columbia be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives.

  The SPEAKER. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the remainder of the resolution 
offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts).
  The remainder of the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER. Will the officers-elect present themselves in the well 
of the House?
  The officers-elect presented themselves at the bar of the House and 
took the oath of office as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of the office of which you are about to enter. So help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You have been sworn in as officers of 
the House.

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