[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 4, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H7]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO INFORM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
       THE ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER AND THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 4) 
authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the 
Speaker and the Clerk, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 4

       Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the 
     President of the United States that the House of 
     Representatives has elected J. Dennis Hastert, a 
     Representative from the State of Illinois, Speaker; and 
     Jeffrey J. Trandahl, a citizen of the State of South Dakota, 
     Clerk of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
     Ninth Congress.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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