[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[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 ELECTION OF THE 
                         SPEAKER AND THE CLERK

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution 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 Paul D. Ryan, a Representative 
     from the State of Wisconsin as Speaker, and Karen L. Haas, a 
     citizen of the State of Maryland as Clerk, of the House of 
     Representatives of the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.

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

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