[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H119-H120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
Representatives:

                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 7, 2021.
     Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
     Speaker, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Madam Speaker: I hereby submit my resignation as 
     Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives. It has 
     been an honor to serve.
           Very respectfully,
                                                   Paul D. Irving,
                                                 Sergeant at Arms.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the resignation is 
accepted.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the provisions of section 208(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Chair appoints 
Timothy Paul Blodgett of the State of New York to act as and to 
exercise the duties of Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
Representatives, effective today.
  Without objection, the Chair will now administer the oath of office.
  There was no objection.


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  January 11, 2021, on page H119, the following appeared: The 
Chair will now administer the oath of office.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Without 
objection, the Chair will now administer the oath of office. There 
was no objection.


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  Mr. Blodgett appeared at the bar 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 pro tempore. Congratulations.

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