[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 6 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H43-H45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MOTION TO ADJOURN

  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Clerk, I move that the House do now adjourn until 
noon Monday.
  The CLERK. The question is on the motion to adjourn offered by the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry).
  The question was taken; and the Clerk announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Clerk, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 155, 
nays 279, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 19]

                               YEAS--155

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bergman
     Bishop (NC)
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Carey
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Estes
     Ezell
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Flood
     Foxx
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garcia, Mike
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Grothman
     Guest
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Hunt
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Jordan
     Joyce (PA)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     LaTurner
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Mann
     Massie
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)
     Mills
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Rogers (AL)
     Rose
     Rouzer
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Spartz
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steube
     Stewart
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Valadao
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NAYS--279

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Boebert
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Bush
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crane
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fallon
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Frost
     Gaetz
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gottheimer
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guthrie
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Joyce (OH)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kiley
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawler
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Luna
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Malliotakis
     Manning
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McClain
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Miller (OH)
     Miller-Meeks
     Molinaro
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rosendale
     Ross
     Roy
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steil
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Tenney
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wenstrup
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  2340

  Mr. GAETZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Messrs. ROY, STEIL, 
McCARTHY, BURCHETT, LATTA, STAUBER, LAWLER, Mrs. McCLAIN, Messrs. 
CRANE, BIGGS, GOOD of Virginia, HUIZENGA, ROSENDALE, GRIFFITH, KEAN of 
New Jersey, TURNER, EMMER, Mrs. LUNA, Messrs. DUNCAN, VAN DREW, CLINE, 
NUNN of Iowa, GIMENEZ, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Messrs. CARL, DAVIDSON, STRONG, 
Ms. TENNEY, Messrs. BILIRAKIS, VAN ORDEN, WENSTRUP, BURGESS, Mrs. 
WAGNER, Messrs. WALBERG, JOHNSON of South Dakota, SMUCKER, MAST, 
SCALISE, MOLINARO, Mrs. CAMMACK, Messrs. GUTHRIE, FLEISCHMANN, ROGERS 
of Kentucky, MURPHY, RESCHENTHALER, LANGWORTHY, JOYCE of Ohio, KILEY, 
FALLON, LaMALFA, GRAVES of Missouri, BENTZ, C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of 
Florida, Mmes. MILLER-MEEKS, BICE, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mrs. RODGERS of 
Washington, Messrs. OBERNOLTE, D'ESPOSITO, and FITZPATRICK changed 
their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the motion to adjourn was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  THE CLERK. The Clerk recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. 
Westerman).
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate Kevin McCarthy as the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  Madam Clerk, the eyes of the world and eyes of America are on this 
body right now. What America needs and what this body needs is a lot 
less talk and a lot more action.
  At the direction of the Republican Conference, I advance the name of

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Kevin McCarthy as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives of 
the 118th Congress.
  The CLERK. The Clerk recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. 
Phillips).
  Mr. PHILLIPS. Madam Clerk, I rise to say wow.
  Madam Clerk, I rise to place into nomination for election to the 
position of Speaker of the House of Representatives the esteemed and 
wonderful leader of House Democrats, Mr. Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
  Our Nation's first President, unanimously elected by the electoral 
college in 1789, keeps watch over us every single day right here in 
this Chamber. In his inaugural address to our new Nation, he spoke of 
``a form of government for the security of [our] Union and the 
advancement of [our] happiness.''
  But 234 years later, and after 14 rounds of balloting and a 
ridiculous war for personal power across the aisle, we the people still 
find ourselves without a constituted government, our security neglected 
and the advancement of anything impossible.
  And happiness? Suffice to say, Americans are unhappy by the nonsense 
and the dysfunction playing out on this floor, particularly those who 
need us the most, who rely on our offices--and I mean every single one 
of our offices--for services and support, not to mention the unhappy 
GOP and Democratic ranking members and chairs of the House Foreign 
Affairs Committee, the Armed Services Committee, and the Intel 
Committee who say that the risk to our safety and security grows with 
each passing hour. This is not just unhappiness; this is dangerous.
  However, the 212 unified members of the House Democratic Caucus have 
a very effective solution for this problem. We call him Hakeem 
Jeffries.
  In the spirit of friendliness and hopefulness, we extend a warm 
invitation to at least six of you across the aisle to join us. Let's 
end this nonsense, constitute this Congress, and elect him Speaker of 
the House.
  He is a man who is ready to work with everyone in this Congress and 
throughout our country to place people over politics and solve our 
country's problems; a man of competency, decency, and integrity; a man 
of courage, honor, and resolve; a man who listens better than anyone I 
have ever known in my life; and a man of innovation, cooperation, and, 
yes, indeed, alliteration.
  Madam Clerk, 14,421 Americans have served in the United States 
Congress since George Washington's inaugural address 234 years ago. One 
of the very finest of those Americans is Hakeem Jeffries of the great 
State of New York, and it is the honor of a lifetime to place his name 
into nomination for Speaker of the House.
  The CLERK. The Reading Clerk will now call the roll.
  The tellers having taken their places, the House proceeded to vote 
for the Speaker.
  The following is the result of the vote:

                             [Roll No. 20]

                             McCARTHY--216

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunt
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             JEFFRIES--212

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--6

     Biggs
     Boebert
     Crane
     Gaetz
     Good (VA)
     Rosendale

                             NOT VOTING--0

                              {time}  0037

  The CLERK. The tellers agree in their tallies that the total number 
of votes cast is 428, of which the Honorable Kevin McCarthy of the 
State of California has received 216, the Honorable Hakeem Jeffries of 
the State of New York has received 212, with 6 recorded as present.
  Therefore, the Honorable Kevin McCarthy of the State of California, 
having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected Speaker 
of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress.
  The Clerk appoints the following committee to escort the Speaker-
elect to the chair:
  The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise);
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries);
  The gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Emmer);
  The gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark);
  The gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Stefanik);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Aguilar);

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  The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Lieu);
  The gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. McClain);
  The gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene);
  The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Hudson);
  The gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn);
  The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Palmer);
  The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse);
  The gentlewoman from Oklahoma (Mrs. Bice);
  The gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Escobar);
  The gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Houchin);
  The gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Underwood);
  The gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole);
  The gentleman from Minnesota, (Mr. Phillips);
  The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McHenry);
  The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee);
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry);
  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee);
  The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves);
  The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz);
  The gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill);
  The gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline);
  The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy);
  The gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. Spanberger);
  The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Donalds);
  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Jacobs);
  The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop);
  The gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Crockett);
  and the Members of the California delegation:
  Ms. Pelosi
  Ms. Waters
  Mr. Calvert
  Ms. Eshoo
  Ms. Lofgren
  Mr. Sherman
  Mrs. Napolitano
  Mr. Thompson
  Mr. Schiff
  Ms. Sanchez
  Mr. Issa
  Mr. Costa
  Ms. Matsui
  Mr. McClintock
  Ms. Chu
  Mr. Garamendi
  Mr. Bera
  Ms. Brownley
  Mr. Cardenas
  Mr. Huffman
  Mr. LaMalfa
  Mr. Peters
  Mr. Ruiz
  Mr. Swalwell
  Mr. Takano
  Mr. Vargas
  Mr. DeSaulnier
  Mrs. Torres
  Mr. Valadao
  Ms. Barragan
  Mr. Carbajal
  Mr. Correa
  Mr. Khanna
  Mr. Panetta
  Mr. Gomez
  Mr. Harder
  Mr. Levin
  Ms. Porter
  Mr.  Mike Garcia
  Mrs. Kim
  Mr. Obernolte
  Mrs. Steel
  Mr. Duarte
  Mr. Robert Garcia
  Ms. Kamlager-Dove
  Mr. Kiley
  Mr. Mullin.
  The committee will retire from the Chamber to escort the Speaker-
elect to the chair.

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