[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 4, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H6-H7]
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

  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. 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. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment to the resolution, but 
before offering that 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.

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                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Menendez

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Menendez:
       That Jerry Hartz of Iowa be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk of 
     the House of Representatives;
       That Dean Aguillen of Texas be, and is hereby, chosen 
     Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives; and
       That Terri McCullough of California 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 New Jersey (Mr. Menendez).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the remainder of the resolution 
offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Pryce).
  The remainder of the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER. Will the officers-elect of the House of Representatives 
please come forward.
  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 will 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 on 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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