[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 1 (Sunday, January 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H9]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ELECTING OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 2

       Resolved, That Cheryl L. Johnson of the State of Louisiana 
     be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives.
       Resolved, That Paul D. Irving of the State of Florida be, 
     and is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of 
     Representatives.
       Resolved, That Catherine Szpinclor of the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia be, and is hereby, chosen Chief Administrative 
     Officer of the House of Representatives.
       Resolved, That Reverend Doctor Margaret Grun Kibben of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and is hereby, chosen 
     Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

  Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentlewoman 
from Wyoming (Ms. Cheney) for the purpose of offering an amendment.
  Ms. CHENEY. Madam 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.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                    Amendment Offered by Ms. Cheney

  Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, I offer an amendment to the resolution 
offered by the gentleman from New York.
  The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       That Dan Meyer of the State of Minnesota be, and is hereby, 
     chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives;
       That John Leganski of the State of Illinois be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       That Brett Horton of the State of Louisiana be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Wyoming.
  The amendment was rejected.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the remainder of the resolution 
offered by the gentleman from New York.
  The remainder of the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair will now swear in the officers of the House: 
Cheryl L. Johnson, Paul D. Irving, Catherine Szpindor, and Reverend Dr. 
Margaret Grun Kibben.
  The officers presented themselves in the well 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 on which you are about to enter, so help you God.

  The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You are now officers of the 117th 
Congress.

                          ____________________