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H94 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 6, 2021 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER original certificate submitted by the There was no objection. The SPEAKER. To remind both sides State of Arizona will be counted as pro- The VICE PRESIDENT. Hearing of the aisle, during in the joint session, vided therein. none, this certificate from Con- there are 11 House Republicans, 11 The tellers will now record and an- necticut, the Parliamentarian has ad- House Democrats, 11 House Senate nounce the vote of the State of Arkan- vised me, is the only certificate of vote Democrats, 11 Senate Republicans. 44 sas for President and Vice President in from that State that purports to be a Members on the floor. Please view the accordance with the action of the two return from the State and that has an- proceedings from your offices. Thank Houses. nexed to it a certificate from an au- you. This certificate from Arkansas, the thority of the State purporting to ap- This is not a suggestion. That is a di- Parliamentarian has advised me, is the point or ascertain electors. rection, in the interest of good example only certificate of vote from that Senator KLOBUCHAR. Mr. Presi- to the public of how serious we take State, and purports to be a return from dent, the certificate of the electoral the coronavirus threat and the need for the State, and that has annexed to it a vote of the State of Connecticut seems social distancing. certificate from an authority of that to be regular in form and authentic, Please, my colleagues, if you are not State purporting to appoint or ascer- and it appears therefrom that Joseph participating in the next part of this, tain electors. R. Biden, Jr., of the State of Delaware please return to your offices. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. received 7 votes for President and I wish to remind Members that we President, the certificate of the elec- KAMALA D. HARRIS of the State of Cali- have to reduce the number of Members toral vote of the State of Arkansas fornia received 7 votes for Vice Presi- on the floor to the gallery to witness seems to be regular in form and au- dent. the proceedings from there, in a rel- thentic, and it appears therefrom that The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there ative number. So first come, first Donald J. Trump of the State of Flor- any objections to counting the certifi- serve. ida received 6 votes for President and cate of vote of the State of Connecticut f MICHAEL R. PENCE of the State of Indi- that the teller has verified appears to ana received 6 votes for Vice President. be regular in form and authentic? MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there There was no objection. A message from the Senate by Ms. any objections to counting the certifi- b 2345 Byrd, one of its clerks, announced that cate of vote of the State of Arkansas The VICE PRESIDENT. Hearing the Secretary of the Senate shall in- that the teller has verified appears to none, this certificate from Delaware, form the House of Representatives that be regular in form and authentic? the Parliamentarian has advised me, is the Senate is ready to proceed in joint There was no objection. the only certificate of vote from that session with the further counting of The VICE PRESIDENT. Hearing State that purports to be a return from the electoral votes for President and none, this certificate from California, the State and that has annexed to it a Vice President. the Parliamentarian has advised me, is certificate from an authority of the At 11:35 p.m., the Sergeant at Arms, the only certificate of vote from that State purporting to appoint and ascer- Paul D. Irving, announced the Vice State that purports to be a return from tain electors. President and the Senate of the United the State and that has annexed to it a Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. States. certificate from an authority of the President, the certificate of the elec- The Senate entered the Hall of the State purporting to appoint and ascer- toral vote of the State of Delaware House of Representatives, headed by tain electors. seems to be regular in form and au- the Vice President and the Secretary of Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. President, the thentic, and it appears therefrom that the Senate, the Members and officers certificate of the electoral vote of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of the State of of the House rising to receive them. State of California seems to be regular Delaware received 3 votes for President The Vice President took his seat as in form and authentic, and it appears and KAMALA D. HARRIS of the State of the Presiding Officer of the joint con- therefrom that Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of California received 3 votes for Vice vention of the two Houses, the Speaker the State of Delaware received 55 votes President. of the House occupying the chair on his for President and KAMALA D. HARRIS of The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there left. Senators took seats to the right of the State of California received 55 any objections to counting the certifi- the rostrum as prescribed by law. votes for Vice President. cate of vote of the State of Delaware The VICE PRESIDENT. The joint The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there that the teller has verified appears to session of Congress to count the elec- any objections to counting the certifi- be regular in form and authentic? toral vote will resume. The tellers will cate of vote of the State of California There was no objection. take their chairs. that the teller has verified appears to The VICE PRESIDENT. Hearing The two Houses retired to consider be regular in form and authentic? none, this certificate from the District separately and decide upon the vote of There was no objection. of Columbia, the Parliamentarian has the State of Arizona, to which an ob- The VICE PRESIDENT. Hearing advised me, is the only certificate of jection has been filed. none, this certificate from Colorado, vote from the District that purports to The Secretary of the Senate will re- the Parliamentarian has advised me, is be a return from the District and that port the action of the Senate. the only certificate of vote from that has annexed to it a certificate from an The Secretary of the Senate read the State that purports to be a return from authority of the District purporting to order of the Senate, as follows: the State, and that has annexed to it a appoint and ascertain electors. Ordered, That the Senate by a vote of 6 certificate from an authority of the Senator BLUNT. Mr. President, the ayes to 93 nays rejects the objection to the State purporting to appoint and ascer- certificate of the electoral vote of the electoral votes cast in the State of Arizona tain electors. District of Columbia seems to be reg- for Joseph R. Biden, Jr., for President and Senator BLUNT. Mr. President, the ular in form and authentic, and it ap- KAMALA D. HARRIS for Vice President. certificate of the electoral vote of the pears therefrom that Joseph R. Biden, The VICE PRESIDENT. The Clerk of State of Colorado seems to be regular Jr., of the State of Delaware received 3 the House will report the action of the in form and authentic, and it appears votes for President and KAMALA D. House. therefrom that Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of HARRIS of the State of California re- The Clerk of the House read the order the State of Delaware received 9 votes ceived 3 votes for Vice President. of the House, as follows: for President and KAMALA D. HARRIS of The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there Ordered, That the House of Representatives the State of California received 9 votes any objections to counting the certifi- rejects the objection to the electoral vote of for Vice President. cate of vote of the District of Columbia the State of Arizona. The VICE PRESIDENT. Are there that the teller has verified appears to The VICE PRESIDENT. Pursuant to any objections to counting the certifi- be regular in form and authentic? the law, chapter 1 of title 3, United cate of vote of the State of Colorado There was no objection. States Code, because the two Houses that the teller has verified appears to The VICE PRESIDENT. Hearing have not sustained the objection, the be regular in form and authentic? none, this certificate from Florida, the VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:58 Jan 08, 2021 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K06JA7.038 H06JAPT1 sspencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE January 6, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H95 Parliamentarian has advised me, is the State and that has annexed to it a cer- Senator KLOBUCHAR. Mr. Presi- only certificate of vote from that State tificate from an authority of the State dent, the certificate of the electoral that purports to be a return from the purporting to appoint and ascertain vote of the State of Indiana seems to State and that has annexed to it a cer- electors. be regular in form and authentic, and tificate from an authority of the State Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. it appears therefrom that Donald J. purporting to appoint and ascertain President, the certificate of the elec- Trump of the State of Florida received electors. toral vote of the State of Hawaii seems 11 votes for President and MICHAEL R. Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. President, the to be regular in form and authentic, PENCE of the State of Indiana received certificate of the electoral vote of the and it appears therefrom that Joseph 11 votes for Vice President.
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