[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

                                              Office of the Clerk,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                    Washington, DC, March 9, 2005.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to transmit herewith a 
     facsimile copy of the Certificate of Election received from 
     the Honorable Cathy Mitchell, Acting Secretary of State, 
     State of California, indicating that, according to the semi-
     final official returns of the Special Election held March 8, 
     2005, the Honorable Doris Matsui was elected Representative 
     in Congress for the Fifth Congressional District, State of 
     California.
       With best wishes, I am
           Sincerely,
                                                    Jeff Trandahl,
                                                            Clerk.
       Attachment.
                                  ____

         Certificate of Election, State of California, Office of 
           the Secretary of State,
                                                    March 9, 2005.
       I, Cathy Mitchell, Acting Secretary of State of the State 
     of California, hereby certify:
       That according to the semi-final official canvass filed in 
     my office, the person whose name is hereinafter set forth was 
     duly elected at the March 8, 2005 Special Primary Election as 
     a Member of the United States House of Representatives, 
     representing the State of California for the remainder of a 
     two-year term that began on the 3rd day of January, 2005;
       That set opposite the name is the congressional district 
     from which she was elected and the name of the county 
     comprising or forming said district, with the name of any 
     county entirely within or comprising the district shown in 
     capital letters.
       Member-elect: Doris Matsui.
       District: Fifth.
       County: Sacramento.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix the 
     Great Seal of the State of California this 9th day of March, 
     2005.
                                                   Cathy Mitchell,
     Acting Secretary of State.

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