[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 6 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H48]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ELECTING OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 1

       Resolved, That Cheryl L. Johnson of the State of Louisiana 
     be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives;
       That Catherine Szpindor of the Commonwealth of Virginia be, 
     and is hereby, chosen Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       That the Reverend Doctor Margaret Grun Kibben of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and is hereby, chosen 
     Chaplain of the House of Representatives.
  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Aguilar) for the purpose of offering an amendment.
  Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment to the resolution, but 
before offering the amendment, I request that there be a division of 
the question on the resolution so that we may have a separate vote on 
the Chaplain.
  The SPEAKER. The question will be divided.
  The question is on agreeing to that portion of the resolution 
providing for the election of the Chaplain.
  That portion of the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Aguilar

  Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the remainder of 
the resolution.
  The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       That Tasia Jackson of the State of New York be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives;
       That William J. Walker of the State of Maryland be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       That Gideon Bragin of the State of New York be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives.

  The SPEAKER. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California.
  The amendment was rejected.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the remainder of the resolution 
offered by the gentlewoman from New York.
  The remainder of the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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