[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S63-S64]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate two Certificates 
of Election for the State of Georgia and a Certificate of Appointment 
to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former Senator Kamala 
Harris of California.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The certificates, the Chair is advised, are in 
the form suggested by the Senate. If there be no objection, the reading 
of the certificates will be waived, and they will be printed in full in 
the Record.
  There being no objection, the certificates were ordered to be printed 
in the Record, as follows:

                            State of Georgia

     To the President of the Senate of the United States:
       This is to certify that on the 5th day of January, 2021, 
     Jon Ossoff was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the 
     State of Georgia, a Senator from said State to represent said 
     State in the Senate of the United States for the term of six 
     years, beginning on the 3rd day of January, 2021.
       Witness: His excellency our Governor Brian P. Kemp, and the 
     Great Seal of the State of Georgia hereto affixed at the 
     Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, the 19th day of January, in 
     the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty One.
                                                    Brian P. Kemp,
                                                         Governor.
                                               Brad Raffensperger,
                                               Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

                          State of California


                       Certificate of Appointment

     To the President of the Senate of the United States:
       This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested in me 
     by the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the 
     State of California, I, GAVIN NEWSOM, the Governor of 
     California, do hereby appoint ALEJANDRO ``ALEX'' PADILLA a 
     Senator from California to represent California in the Senate 
     of the United States until the vacancy therein caused by the 
     resignation of Kamala D. Harris, is filled by election as 
     provided by law.
       Witness: His excellency our Governor Gavin Newsom, and our 
     seal hereto affixed in the City of Sacramento, this 18th day 
     of January, in the year of our Lord 2021.
                                                     Gavin Newsom,
                                                         Governor.
                                                     James Schwab,
                                        Acting Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

                            State of Georgia

     To the President of the Senate of the United States:
       This is to certify that on the 5th day of January, 2021, 
     Raphael Warnock was duly chosen by the qualified electors of 
     the State of Georgia, a Senator for the unexpired term ending 
     at noon on the 3rd day of January, 2023, to fill the vacancy 
     in the representation from said State in the Senate of the 
     United States caused by the resignation of Johnny Isakson.
       Witness: His excellency our Governor Brian P. Kemp, and the 
     Great Seal of the

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     State of Georgia hereto affixed at the Capitol, in the city 
     of Atlanta, the 19th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 
     Two Thousand and Twenty One.
                                                    Brian P. Kemp,
                                                         Governor.
                                               Brad Raffensperger,
                                               Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

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