[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 6 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D24-D25]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: There were no Public Bills or 
Resolutions introduced in today's Record.
Additional Cosponsors:
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the McHenry motion to adjourn by a yea-and-
nay vote of 155 yeas to 279 nays, Roll No. 19.                 
  Page H43
Election of Speaker: The House resumed proceedings from Tuesday, 
January 3rd, Wednesday, January 4th, Thursday, January 5th, and Friday, 
January 6th. The House conducted an additional two votes to elect a 
Speaker, from which a majority was ascertained, and a Speaker was 
elected. During the fourteenth vote for Speaker, the Honorable Kevin 
McCarthy received 216 votes, the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries received 212 
votes, the Honorable Jim Jordan received 2 votes, the Honorable Andy 
Biggs received 2 votes, with two answering ``present'', Roll No. 18. 
During the fifteenth and final vote for Speaker, the Honorable Kevin 
McCarthy received 216 votes, the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries received 212 
votes, with six answering ``present'', Roll No. 20. The Honorable Kevin 
McCarthy of California was elected Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. On Tuesday, January 3rd, the Clerk appointed 
Representatives-elect Loudermilk, Lee (CA), Steil, and Morelle to act 
as Tellers.                                                
  Pages H41-44
Escort Committee: The Clerk appointed the following committee to escort 
the Speaker-elect to the Chair: Representatives-elect Scalise, 
Jeffries, Emmer, Clark (MA), Stefanik, Aguilar, Johnson (LA), Lieu, 
McClain, DelBene, Hudson, Clyburn, Palmer, Neguse, Bice, Escobar, 
Houchin, Underwood, Cole, Phillips, McHenry, Perry, Lee (CA), Graves 
(LA), Wasserman Schultz, Hill, Cicilline, Roy, Spanberger, Donalds, 
Jacobs, Bishop (NC), Crockett; and the members of the California 
delegation: Representatives-elect Pelosi, Waters, Calvert, Eshoo, 
Lofgren, Sherman, Napolitano, Thompson, Schiff, Sanchez, Issa, Costa, 
Matsui, McClintock, Chu, Garamendi, Bera, Brownley, Cardenas, Huffman, 
LaMalfa, Peters, Ruiz, Swalwell, Takano, Vargas, DeSaulnier, Torres, 
Valadao, Barragan, Carbajal, Correa, Khanna, Panetta, Gomez, Harder, 
Levin, Porter, Mike Garcia, Kim, Obernolte, Steel, Duarte, Robert 
Garcia, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, and Mullin.                  
  Pages H44-45
Administration of the Oath of Office to the Speaker: The Dean of the 
House, the Honorable Hal Rogers, administered the oath of office to the 
Speaker.                                                   
  Pages H45-48
Administration of the Oath of Office to Members of the 118th Congress: 
The Speaker administered the oath to the Members, Resident 
Commissioner, and Delegates.                                   
  Page H48
Election of Majority and Minority Leaders: The Chairman of the 
Republican Conference, Representative Stefanik, announced the election 
of Representative Scalise as the Majority Leader. The Chairman of

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the Democratic Caucus, Representative Aguilar, announced the election 
of Representative Jeffries as the Minority Leader.             
  Page H48
Election of Majority and Minority Whips: The Chairman of the Republican 
Conference, Representative Stefanik, announced the election of 
Representative Emmer as the Majority Whip. The Chairman of the 
Democratic Caucus, Representative Aguilar, announced the election of 
Representative Clark (MA) as the Minority Whip.                
  Page H48
Electing Officers of the House of Representatives: The House agreed to 
H. Res. 1, electing the following officers for the House of 
Representatives: Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk; William Farland, Sergeant-
at-Arms; Catherine Szpindor, Chief Administrative Officer; and Margaret 
Grun Kibben, Chaplain.                                         
  Page H48
  Agreed that the question be divided on the adoption of the resolution 
so as to have a separate vote on the election of the Chaplain. Agreed 
to the first portion of the resolution by voice vote. Agreed to the 
remainder of the resolution by voice vote.                     
Page H48
  Rejected the Aguilar amendment to H. Res. 1 by voice vote.   
Page H48
Notify the Senate that a Quorum Has Assembled: The House agreed to H. 
Res. 2, to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled 
and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.              
  Page H48
Notify the President of the Assembly of the 118th Congress: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 3 authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to 
notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. Subsequently, the 
Speaker appointed Representatives Scalise and Jeffries to the 
committee.                                                 
  Pages H48-49
Notify the President of the Election of the Speaker and the Clerk: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 4, authorizing the Clerk to inform the 
President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.        
  Page H49
Introduction and referral of bills: The Chair announced that because 
the rules of the 118th Congress have not yet been adopted, the right of 
Members to introduce bills, and the authority of the Speaker to refer 
them, was delayed. The Chair stated that submitted bills would be held 
until adoption of the rules, at which time they would be referred as 
expeditiously as possible to the appropriate committee; and at that 
time, the bills which were not referred and did not appear in the 
Record as of that day would be included in the next day's Record and 
printed with a date as of the time that the rules were adopted. 
                                                               Page H49
Whole Number of the House: Under clause 5(d) of Rule 20, the Chair 
announced to the House that the whole number of the House is 434. 
                                                               Page H49
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of today and appears on page H43.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 p.m. and at 1:52 a.m., agreed to the 
Scalise motion to adjourn by voice vote.