[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 1 (Sunday, January 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D9-D11]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 7 resolutions, H. Res. 1-7 
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Additional Cosponsors:
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Emmanuel Cleaver, St. James United Methodist Church, Kansas City, 
Missouri.                                                       
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Certificate of Election: The Clerk announced that Certificates of 
Election covering 434 seats in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress had 
been received and the names of those persons whose credentials show 
that they were regularly elected as Representatives in accordance with 
the laws of their respective States would be called. Without objection, 
the Representatives-elect were directed to record their presence by 
electronic device in order to determine whether a quorum was present. 
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Call of the States: On the Call of the States, 427 Members reported 
their presence, Roll No. 1.                                  
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Election Credentials for the Resident Commissioner and Delegates: The 
Clerk announced that credentials have been received showing the 
elections of the following: Honorable Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, 
Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Honorable 
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate from the District of Columbia; 
Honorable Michael F. Q. San Nicolas, Delegate from Guam; Honorable 
Stacey E. Plaskett, Delegate from the Virgin Islands; Honorable Aumua 
Amata Coleman Radewagen, Delegate from American Samoa; and Honorable 
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Delegate from the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands.                                       
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Vacancy Announcement: The Clerk notified the House that since the last 
regular election of Representatives to the 117th Congress, a vacancy 
now exists in the 5th District of the State of Louisiana, occasioned by 
the death of the late Honorable Luke Letlow.                    
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:28 p.m. and reconvened at 1:59 p.m. 
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Election of Speaker: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi of California was 
elected Speaker of the House of Representatives and received 216 votes. 
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy received 209 votes, The Honorable Tammy 
Duckworth received 1 vote, and The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries received 1 
vote. Earlier, the Clerk appointed Representatives-elect Kaptur,

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Rodney Davis (IL), Lofgren, and Foxx to act as Tellers.      
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Escort Committee: The Clerk appointed the following committee to escort 
the Speaker-elect to the Chair: Representatives-elect Hoyer, McCarthy, 
Clyburn, Scalise, Clark (MA), Cheney, Jeffries, Emmer, Aguilar, Palmer, 
Sean Patrick Maloney, Mike Johnson, Beatty, Hudson, Jacobs, Stephanie 
Bice; and the members of the California delegation: Representatives-
elect Waters, Calvert, Eshoo, Roybal-Allard, Lofgren, Sherman, Lee, 
Napolitano, Thompson, Schiff, Nunes, Sanchez, Costa, Matsui, McNerney, 
Speier, Mcclintock, Chu, Garamendi, Bass, Bera, Brownley, Cardenas, 
Huffman, LaMalfa, Lowenthal, Peters, Ruiz Swalwell, Takano, Vargas, 
DeSaulnier, Lieu, Torres, Barragan, Carbajal, Correa, Khanna, Panetta, 
Gomez, Harder, Levin, Porter, Obernolte, Valadao, Garcia, Kim, Steel, 
and Issa.                                                    
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Recess: The House recessed at 4:52 p.m. and reconvened at 5:18 p.m. 
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Administration of the Oath of Office to the Speaker: The Dean of the 
House, the Honorable Don Young, administered the oath of office to the 
Speaker. The Speaker then administered the oath to the Honorable Don 
Young, the Dean of the House.                                
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Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in 
remembrance of the late Honorable Luke Letlow, Member-elect from the 
5th District of Louisiana.                                      
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Authorizing and directing the Speaker to administer the oath of office: 
The House agreed to H. Res. 1, authorizing and directing the Speaker to 
administer the oath of office, by a yea-and-nay vote of 371 yeas to 2 
nays, Roll No. 3.                                            
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Administration of the Oath of Office to Members of the 117th Congress: 
The Speaker administered the oath to the Members, Resident 
Commissioner, and Delegates.                                    
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Election of Majority and Minority Leaders: The Chairman of the 
Democratic Caucus, Representative Jeffries, announced the election of 
Representative Hoyer as the Majority Leader. The Chairman of the 
Republican Conference, Representative Cheney, announced the election of 
Representative McCarthy as the Minority Leader.                 
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Election of Majority and Minority Whips: The Chairman of the Democratic 
Caucus, Representative Jeffries, announced the election of 
Representative Clyburn as the Majority Whip and Representative Clark 
(MA) as Assistant Speaker. The Chairman of the Republican Conference, 
Representative Cheney, announced the election of Representative Scalise 
as the Minority Whip.                                           
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Electing Officers of the House of Representatives: The House agreed to 
H. Res. 2, electing the following officers for the House of 
Representatives: Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk; Paul D. Irving, Sergeant-at-
Arms; Catherine Szpindor, Chief Administrative Officer; and Margaret 
Grun Kibben, Chaplain.                                          
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  Agreed that the question be divided on the adoption of the resolution 
so as to have a separate vote on the election of the Chaplain. Agreed 
to the first portion of the resolution by voice vote. Agreed to the 
remainder of the resolution by voice vote.                      
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  Rejected the Cheney amendment to H. Res. 2 by voice vote.     
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Notify the Senate that a Quorum Has Assembled: The House agreed to H. 
Res. 3, to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled 
and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.               
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Notify the President of the Assembly of the 117th Congress: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 4 authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to 
notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. Subsequently, the 
Speaker appointed Representatives Hoyer and McCarthy to the committee. 
Later, Representative Hoyer announced that the Committee had notified 
the President that a quorum of each House had assembled and was ready 
to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.         
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Notify the President of the Election of the Speaker and the Clerk: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 5, authorizing the Clerk to inform the 
President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.         
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Designation of Minority Employees: The House agreed to H. Res. 6, 
providing for the designation of certain minority employees.   
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Authorizing the Speaker to administer the oath of office: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 7, authorizing the Speaker to administer the oath of 
office.                                                        
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Oath of Office Designation: Pursuant to the provisions of House 
Resolution 7, 117th Congress, the Chair appointed the Honorable Debbie 
Wasserman Schultz of Florida to administer the oath of office to the 
Honorable Alcee L. Hastings of Florida.                        
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Introduction and referral of bills: The Chair announced that because 
the rules of the 117th Congress have not yet been adopted, the right of 
Members to introduce bills, and the authority of the

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Speaker to refer them, was delayed. The Chair stated that submitted 
bills would be held until adoption of the rules, at which time they 
would be referred as expeditiously as possible to the appropriate 
committee; and at that time, the bills which were not referred and did 
not appear in the Record as of that day would be included in the next 
day's Record and printed with a date as of the time that the rules were 
adopted.                                                       
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Providing for the counting on January 6, 2021, of the electoral votes 
for President and Vice President of the United States: The House agreed 
to S. Con. Res. 1, to provide for the counting on January 6, 2021, of 
the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United 
States.                                                        
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Extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies and authorizing the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall 
of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted 
for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-
elect of the United States: The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 2, 
extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies and authorizing the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall 
of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted 
for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-
elect of the United States.                                    
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Whole Number of the House: Under clause 5(d) of Rule 20, the Chair 
announced to the House that the whole number of the House is 430. 
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H10.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on pages H7-8. There was one quorum 
call, Roll No. 1, which appears on pages H1-2.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 7:25 p.m.