[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 79]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ELECTION OF CLERK OF THE HOUSE, SERGEANT AT ARMS, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE 
                          OFFICER AND CHAPLAIN

  Mr. HENSARLING. 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 Karen L. Haas of the State of Maryland, be, 
     and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives;
       That Wilson S. Livingood of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
     be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of 
     Representatives;
       That Daniel J. Strodel of the District of Columbia be, and 
     is hereby, chosen Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
     of Representatives; and
       That Father Daniel P. Coughlin of the State of Illinois, 
     be, and is hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of 
     Representatives.

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I wish to congratulate my counterpart on 
his re-election.
  I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson) for the 
purpose of offering an amendment.
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. 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. Larson of Connecticut

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. 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:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Larson of Connecticut:
       That John Lawrence of the State of New Jersey be, and is 
     hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives;
       That Alexis Covey-Brandt of the State of Maryland be, and 
     is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       That Yelberton Watkins of the State of South Carolina 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 Connecticut.
  The amendment was rejected.
  The SPEAKER. The question is on the remainder of the resolution 
offered by the gentleman from Texas.
  The remainder of the resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair will now swear in the officers of the House.
  The officers presented themselves in the well of the House and took 
the oath of office as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations.

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