[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S9718]
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                            CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT
     
       The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the Senate a 
     certificate of election to fill the unexpired term created by the 
     resignation of former Senator Kamala D. Harris, of California. And the 
     certificate, the Chair is advised, is in the form suggested by the 
     Senate.
       Hearing no objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived 
     and be printed in full in the Record.
       There being no objection, the certificate was ordered to be printed 
     in the Record, as follows:
     
                               State of California
     
     
                    CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR UNEXPIRED TERM
     
          To the President of the Senate of the United States:
            This is to certify that on the 8th day of November, 2022, 
          Alex Padilla was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the 
          State of California 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 Kamala D. Harris.
            Witness: His excellency our Governor Gavin Newsom, and our 
          seal hereto affixed in the City of Sacramento, this 16th day 
          of December, in the year of our Lord 2022.
                                                          Gavin Newsom,
                                                Governor of California.
                                               Shirley N. Weber, PH.D.,
                                                    Secretary of State.
          [State Seal Affixed]
     
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