[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S53-S54]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

  At 3 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered by 
Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 22. An act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from 
     sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve to China, and for other purposes.
       H.R. 23. An act to rescind certain balances made available 
     to the Internal Revenue Service.
       H.R. 26. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise 
     the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives 
     an abortion or attempted abortion.

  The message also announced that the House has agreed to the following 
concurrent resolutions, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H. Con. Res. 1. Concurrent resolution regarding consent to 
     assemble outside the seat of government.
       H. Con. Res. 3. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life 
     facilities, groups, and churches.

  The message further announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 1, 
resolving 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; that 
Reverend Doctor Margaret Grun Kibben of the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania be, and is hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of 
Representatives.
  The message also announced that the House has agreed to H. Res. 2, 
resolving that the Senate be informed that a quorum of the House of 
Representatives has assembled; that Kevin McCarthy, a Representative 
from the State of California, has been elected Speaker; and that Cheryl 
L. Johnson, a citizen of the State of Louisiana, has been elected Clerk 
of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
  The message further announced that a committee of two Members be 
appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives to 
join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President 
of the United States that a quorum of each House has assembled and 
Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased 
to make: Mr. Scalise of Louisiana, and Mr. Jeffries of New York.
  The message also announced that pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 6913, and the

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order of the House of January 9, 2023, the Speaker appoints the 
following Members on the part of the House of Representatives to the 
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: 
Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Chair, and Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts.

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