[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13-S14]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES--COUNTING OF ELECTORAL BALLOTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the provisions of S. Con. Res. 1, the 
Senate will now proceed as a body to the Hall of the House of 
Representatives for the counting of the electoral ballots.
  Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:51 p.m., preceded by the Secretary of 
the Senate, Julie E. Adams, and the Deputy Sergeant at Arms, Jennifer 
Hemingway, proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives for 
the purpose of counting electoral ballots.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 1 and section 17, title 
III, U.S. Code, when the two Houses withdraw from the joint session to 
count the electoral vote for separate consideration of an objection, a 
Senator may speak to the objection for 5 minutes and not more than 
once. Debate shall not exceed 2 hours, after which the Chair will put 
the question: Shall the objection be sustained?

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  The clerk will report the objection made in the joint session.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Objection from Representative Gosar from Arizona and 
     Senator Cruz and others, ``We, a Member of the House of 
     Representatives and a United States Senator, object to the 
     counting of the electoral votes of the State of Arizona on 
     the ground that they were not, under all of the known 
     circumstances, regularly given.''

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