[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2023)]
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                        House of Representatives

  This being the day fixed by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States, for the meeting of the 118th Congress of the United 
States, the Representatives-elect met in their Hall, and at noon were 
called to order by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Hon. 
Cheryl L. Johnson.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Eternal God, You spoke and the Earth brought forth life. With a word, 
Your spirit breathed into humanity the essence and purpose of our very 
being. Speak to us now, O Lord, and breathe into the body of the 118th 
Congress Your word of truth and justice, compassion, and wisdom.
  Give each Member the guidance to be faithful stewards of this divine 
tasking, and to wield this privilege carefully. Even as You grant us 
the favor to serve You in this place, remind us that amidst all the 
debate, You will always have the final word.
  Your word is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. 
Divide then our souls and spirits. Discern our thoughts and the 
intentions of our hearts and may they be acceptable to You.
  Lay on the shoulders of these men and women the mantle of both 
responsibility and accountability. Nothing is hidden from Your sight 
and each will always answer to You.
  Call these who represent the hopes and dreams of the Americans who 
have voted them into office to heed first Your voice. As they uphold 
and defend the Constitution and its moral principles, grant them 
strength and reason, purpose and insight.
  Bring this 118th Congress to life, and breathe on us the creative 
work of Your Holy Spirit. Give us eyes to see Your guiding hand, ears 
to hear Your wise truth, and hearts to hold firmly to the faith we 
profess in You.
  We pray this in Your sovereign name.
  Amen.


                          pledge of allegiance

  The CLERK. The Representatives-elect and their guests will please 
remain standing and join in the Pledge of Allegiance.
  The Clerk led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

       I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of 
     America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation 
     under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

  The CLERK. As directed by law, the Clerk of the House has prepared 
the official roll of the Representatives-elect.
  Certificates of election covering 435 seats in the 118th Congress 
have been received by the Clerk of the House. The names of those 
persons whose credentials show that they were regularly elected as 
Representatives in accord with the laws of their respective States or 
of the United States will be called.
  The Representatives-elect will record their presence by electronic 
device and their names will be reported in alphabetical order by State, 
beginning with the State of Alabama, to determine whether a quorum is 
present.
  Representatives-elect will have a minimum of 15 minutes to record 
their presence by electronic vote.
  Representatives-elect who have not obtained their voting ID cards may 
do so now in the Speaker's lobby.
  The call was taken by electronic device, and the following 
Representatives-elect responded to their names:

                              [Roll No. 1]

                        [ANSWERED PRESENT--434]

                                ALABAMA

     Aderholt
     Carl
     Moore (AL)
     Palmer
     Rogers (AL)
     Sewell
     Strong

                                 ALASKA

       
     Peltola
       

                                ARIZONA

     Biggs
     Ciscomani
     Crane
     Gallego
     Gosar
     Grijalva
     Lesko
     Schweikert
     Stanton

                                ARKANSAS

     Crawford
     Hill
     Westerman
     Womack

                               CALIFORNIA

     Aguilar
     Barragan
     Bera
     Brownley
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Chu
     Correa
     Costa
     DeSaulnier
     Duarte
     Eshoo
     Garamendi
     Garcia, Mike
     Garcia, Robert
     Gomez
     Harder (CA)
     Huffman
     Issa
     Jacobs
     Kamlager-Dove
     Khanna
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     LaMalfa
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McClintock
     Mullin
     Napolitano
     Obernolte
     Panetta
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Porter
     Ruiz
     Sanchez
     Schiff
     Sherman
     Steel
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Torres (CA)
     Valadao
     Vargas
     Waters

                                COLORADO

     Boebert
     Buck
     Caraveo
     Crow
     DeGette
     Lamborn
     Neguse
     Pettersen

                              CONNECTICUT

     Courtney
     DeLauro
     Hayes
     Himes
     Larson (CT)

                                DELAWARE

       
     Blunt Rochester
       

                                FLORIDA

     Bean (FL)
     Bilirakis
     Buchanan
     Cammack
     Castor (FL)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Dunn (FL)
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Frost
     Gaetz
     Gimenez
     Lee (FL)

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     Luna
     Mast
     Mills
     Moskowitz
     Posey
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Soto
     Steube
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Webster (FL)
     Wilson (FL)

                                GEORGIA

     Allen
     Bishop (GA)
     Carter (GA)
     Clyde
     Collins
     Ferguson
     Greene (GA)
     Johnson (GA)
     Loudermilk
     McBath
     McCormick
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Williams (GA)

                                 HAWAII

       
     Case
       
     Tokuda

                                 IDAHO

       
     Fulcher
       
     Simpson

                                ILLINOIS

     Bost
     Budzinski
     Casten
     Davis (IL)
     Foster
     Garcia (IL)
     Jackson (IL)
     Kelly (IL)
     Krishnamoorthi
     LaHood
     Miller (IL)
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Schakowsky
     Schneider
     Sorensen
     Underwood

                                INDIANA

     Baird
     Banks
     Bucshon
     Carson
     Houchin
     Mrvan
     Pence
     Spartz
     Yakym

                                  IOWA

     Feenstra
     Hinson
     Miller-Meeks
     Nunn (IA)

                                 KANSAS

     Davids (KS)
     Estes
     LaTurner
     Mann

                                KENTUCKY

     Barr
     Comer
     Guthrie
     Massie
     McGarvey
     Rogers (KY)

                               LOUISIANA

     Carter (LA)
     Graves (LA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Letlow
     Scalise

                                 MAINE

       
     Golden (ME)
       
     Pingree

                                MARYLAND

     Harris
     Hoyer
     Ivey
     Mfume
     Raskin
     Ruppersberger
     Sarbanes
     Trone

                             MASSACHUSETTS

     Auchincloss
     Clark (MA)
     Keating
     Lynch
     McGovern
     Moulton
     Neal
     Pressley
     Trahan

                                MICHIGAN

     Bergman
     Dingell
     Huizenga
     James
     Kildee
     McClain
     Moolenaar
     Scholten
     Slotkin
     Stevens
     Thanedar
     Tlaib
     Walberg

                               MINNESOTA

     Craig
     Emmer
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     McCollum
     Omar
     Phillips
     Stauber

                              MISSISSIPPI

     Ezell
     Guest
     Kelly (MS)
     Thompson (MS)

                                MISSOURI

     Alford
     Burlison
     Bush
     Cleaver
     Graves (MO)
     Luetkemeyer
     Smith (MO)
     Wagner

                                MONTANA

       
     Rosendale
       
     Zinke

                                NEBRASKA

     Bacon
     Flood
     Smith (NE)

                                 NEVADA

     Amodei
     Horsford
     Lee (NV)
     Titus

                             NEW HAMPSHIRE

     Kuster
     Pappas
       

                               NEW JERSEY

     Gottheimer
     Kean (NJ)
     Kim (NJ)
     Menendez
     Norcross
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Sherrill
     Smith (NJ)
     Van Drew
     Watson Coleman

                               NEW MEXICO

     Leger Fernandez
     Stansbury
     Vasquez

                                NEW YORK

     Bowman
     Clarke (NY)
     D'Esposito
     Espaillat
     Garbarino
     Goldman (NY)
     Higgins (NY)
     Jeffries
     LaLota
     Langworthy
     Lawler
     Malliotakis
     Meeks
     Meng
     Molinaro
     Morelle
     Nadler
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Ryan
     Santos
     Stefanik
     Tenney
     Tonko
     Torres (NY)
     Velazquez
     Williams (NY)

                             NORTH CAROLINA

     Adams
     Bishop (NC)
     Davis (NC)
     Edwards
     Foushee
     Foxx
     Hudson
     Jackson (NC)
     Manning
     McHenry
     Murphy
     Nickel
     Ross
     Rouzer

                              NORTH DAKOTA

       
     Armstrong

                                  OHIO

     Balderson
     Beatty
     Brown
     Carey
     Davidson
     Johnson (OH)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Kaptur
     Landsman
     Latta
     Miller (OH)
     Sykes
     Turner
     Wenstrup

                                OKLAHOMA

     Bice
     Brecheen
     Cole
     Hern
     Lucas

                                OREGON-

     Bentz
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Salinas

                              PENNSYLVANIA

     Boyle (PA)
     Cartwright
     Dean (PA)
     Deluzio
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Houlahan
     Joyce (PA)
     Kelly (PA)
     Lee (PA)
     Meuser
     Perry
     Reschenthaler
     Scanlon
     Smucker
     Thompson (PA)
     Wild

                              RHODE ISLAND

     Cicilline
     Magaziner
       

                             SOUTH CAROLINA

     Clyburn
     Duncan
     Fry
     Mace
     Norman
     Timmons
     Wilson (SC)

                              SOUTH DAKOTA

     Johnson (SD)
       
       

                               TENNESSEE

     Burchett
     Cohen
     DesJarlais
     Fleischmann
     Green (TN)
     Harshbarger
     Kustoff
     Ogles
     Rose

                                 TEXAS

     Allred
     Arrington
     Babin
     Burgess
     Carter (TX)
     Casar
     Castro (TX)
     Cloud
     Crenshaw
     Crockett
     Cuellar
     De La Cruz
     Doggett
     Ellzey
     Escobar
     Fallon
     Fletcher
     Garcia (TX)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gooden (TX)
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Hunt
     Jackson (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Luttrell
     McCaul
     Moran
     Nehls
     Pfluger
     Roy
     Self
     Sessions
     Van Duyne
     Veasey
     Weber (TX)
     Williams (TX)

                                  UTAH

     Curtis
     Moore (UT)
     Owens
     Stewart

                                VERMONT-

       
     Balint

                                VIRGINIA

     Beyer
     Cline
     Connolly
     Good (VA)
     Griffith
     Kiggans (VA)
     Scott (VA)
     Spanberger
     Wexton
     Wittman

                               WASHINGTON

     DelBene
     Jayapal
     Kilmer
     Larsen (WA)
     Newhouse
     Perez
     Rodgers (WA)
     Schrier
     Smith (WA)
     Strickland

                             WEST VIRGINIA

     Miller (WV)
     Mooney

                               WISCONSIN

     Fitzgerald
     Gallagher
     Grothman
     Moore (WI)
     Pocan
     Steil
     Tiffany
     Van Orden

                                WYOMING

       
     Hageman

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  The CLERK. Four hundred thirty-four Representatives-elect have 
recorded their presence. A quorum is present.

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