January 5, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 1 75 MONTANA Neugebauer Poe Smith former small businessman will lead the Olson Reyes Thornberry Rehberg Paul Sessions House to pass policies to encourage job NEBRASKA creation. UTAH At a time when all agree our Nation Fortenberry Smith Terry Bishop Chaffetz Matheson is on an unsustainable fiscal course, a NEVADA VERMONT fiscal reformer will ensure that this Berkley Heck Heller Welch House never mortgages the torch of lib- NEW HAMPSHIRE erty in order to pay our debts. VIRGINIA At a time when too many doubt that Bass Guinta Cantor Griffith Scott their children can enjoy a brighter fu- NEW JERSEY Connolly Hurt Wittman ture in our country, he has lived the Forbes Moran Wolf Andrews LoBiondo Runyan Goodlatte Rigell American dream, and will protect it for Frelinghuysen Pallone Sires our posterity like few others before Garrett Pascrell Smith WASHINGTON Holt Payne him. Dicks Larsen Reichert This proud son of Ohio—one of 12 Lance Rothman Hastings McDermott Smith children born into a working-class fam- NEW MEXICO Herrera Beutler McMorris Inslee Rodgers ily—has waited tables, mopped floors, Heinrich Luja´ n Pearce WEST VIRGINIA tended bar, worked construction, NEW YORK worked his way to a college degree at Capito McKinley Rahall Ackerman Higgins Owens night school, led a thriving company. Bishop Hinchey Rangel WISCONSIN And through his faith, his hard work, Buerkle Israel Reed Baldwin Moore Ryan his values, he is now poised to become Clarke King Serrano Duffy Petri Sensenbrenner Crowley Lee Slaughter Kind Ribble the next Speaker of the House of Rep- Engel Lowey Tonko resentatives. He knows firsthand that Gibson Maloney Towns WYOMING unlimited opportunity can only arise Grimm McCarthy Vela´ zquez Lummis Hanna Meeks from limited constitutional govern- Weiner Hayworth Nadler b 1234 ment. Madam Clerk, as chairman of the Re- NORTH CAROLINA The CLERK. The quorum call dis- publican Conference, I am directed by Butterfield Kissell Price closes that 434 Representatives-elect the unanimous vote of that conference Coble McHenry Shuler have responded to their name. A to present for election to the Office of Ellmers McIntyre Watt quorum is present. Foxx Miller Speaker of the House of Representa- Jones Myrick f tives for the 112th Congress the name NORTH DAKOTA ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CLERK of the Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER, a Berg The CLERK. Credentials, regular in Representative-elect from the State of form, have been received showing the Ohio. OHIO The CLERK. The Clerk now recog- election of: Austria Jordan Ryan nizes the gentleman from Connecticut Boehner Kaptur Schmidt The Honorable PEDRO R. PIERLUISI as (Mr. LARSON). Chabot Kucinich Stivers Resident Commissioner from the Com- Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam Fudge LaTourette Sutton monwealth of Puerto Rico for a term of Gibbs Latta Tiberi Clerk, as chairman of the Democratic 4 years beginning January 3, 2009; Johnson Renacci Turner Caucus, I am directed by the vote of The Honorable ELEANOR HOLMES OKLAHOMA that caucus to present for election to NORTON as Delegate from the District the Office of Speaker of the House of Boren Lankford Sullivan of Columbia; Cole Lucas Representatives for the 112th Congress The Honorable MADELEINE Z. a person who gives me great honor and OREGON BORDALLO as Delegate from Guam; privilege, who has led with decency and Blumenauer Walden The Honorable DONNA M. Schrader Wu dignity. I submit on behalf of this cau- CHRISTENSEN as Delegate from the Vir- cus the name of the Honorable NANCY PENNSYLVANIA gin Islands; D’ALESANDRO PELOSI, a Representa- The Honorable ENI F. H. Altmire Fitzpatrick Pitts tive-elect from the great State of Cali- Barletta Gerlach Platts FALEOMAVAEGA as Delegate from Amer- fornia. Brady Holden Schwartz ican Samoa; and Critz Kelly Shuster The CLERK. The names of the Hon- The Honorable GREGORIO SABLAN as Dent Marino Thompson orable JOHN A. BOEHNER, a Representa- Doyle Meehan Delegate from the Commonwealth of tive-elect from the State of Ohio, and Fattah Murphy the Northern Mariana Islands. the Honorable NANCY PELOSI, a Rep- RHODE ISLAND f resentative-elect from the State of Cicilline Langevin ELECTION OF SPEAKER California, have been placed in nomina- SOUTH CAROLINA The CLERK. Pursuant to law and tion. Are there further nominations? Clyburn Gowdy Scott precedent, the next order of business is There being no further nominations, Duncan Mulvaney Wilson the election of the Speaker of the the Clerk appoints the following tell- SOUTH DAKOTA House of Representatives for the 112th ers: Noem Congress. The gentleman from California (Mr. Nominations are now in order. TENNESSEE DANIEL E. LUNGREN); The Clerk recognizes the gentleman Black Cooper Fincher The gentleman from Pennsylvania Blackburn DesJarlais Fleischmann from Texas (Mr. HENSARLING). (Mr. BRADY); Cohen Duncan Roe Mr. HENSARLING. Madam Clerk, The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. every Congress represents a sacred re- TEXAS KAPTUR); and sponsibility to write a new and greater The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Barton Doggett Hall Brady Farenthold Hensarling chapter in our Republic’s history. Be it ROS-LEHTINEN). Burgess Flores Hinojosa providence or destiny, a unique man of The tellers will come forward and Canseco Gohmert Jackson Lee uniquely American values is now called take their seats at the desk in front of Carter Gonzalez Johnson, E. B. to lead this effort. Conaway Granger Johnson, Sam the Speaker’s rostrum. Cuellar Green, Al Marchant At a time when far too many of our The roll will now be called, and those Culberson Green, Gene McCaul countrymen remain unemployed, a responding to their names will indicate

VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:10 Jan 09, 2014 Jkt 099102 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 J:\BR_BACKUP\H05JA1.000 H05JA1 WREIER-AVILES on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD 76 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 1 January 5, 2011 by surname the nominee of their choos- PELOSI—173 votes cast by surname is 432, of which ing. Ackerman Green, Gene Payne the Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER of the The Reading Clerk will now call the Andrews Grijalva Pelosi State of Ohio has received 241, the Hon- Baca Gutierrez Perlmutter roll. orable NANCY PELOSI of the State of Baldwin Hanabusa Peters The tellers having taken their places, Bass (CA) Harman Peterson California has received 173, the Honor- the House proceeded to vote for the Becerra Hastings (FL) Pingree (ME) able DENNIS CARDOZA of the State of Speaker. Berkley Heinrich Polis California has received 1, the Honor- Berman Higgins Price (NC) able JIM COOPER of the State of Ten- The following is the result of the Bishop (NY) Himes Quigley vote: Blumenauer Hinchey Rahall nessee has received 1, the Honorable [Roll No. 2] Boswell Hinojosa Rangel JIM COSTA of the State of California Brady (PA) Hirono Reyes has received 1, the Honorable STENY BOEHNER—241 Braley (IA) Holt Richardson Brown (FL) Honda HOYER of the State of Maryland has re- Adams Goodlatte Nugent Richmond Butterfield Hoyer Aderholt Gosar Nunes Rothman (NJ) ceived 1, the Honorable MARCY KAPTUR Capps Inslee Akin Gowdy Nunnelee Roybal-Allard of the State of Ohio has received 1, the Capuano Israel Alexander Granger Olson Ruppersberger Carnahan Jackson (IL) Honorable JOHN LEWIS of the State of Amash Graves (GA) Palazzo Rush Carney Jackson Lee Georgia has received 2, the Honorable Austria Graves (MO) Paul Ryan (OH) Carson (IN) (TX) Bachmann Griffin (AR) Paulsen Sa´ nchez, Linda HEATH SHULER of the State of North Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Bachus Griffith (VA) Pearce T. Chandler Johnson, E. B. Carolina has received 11, with 1 re- Barletta Grimm Pence Sanchez, Loretta Chu Kaptur corded as ‘‘present.’’ Bartlett Guinta Petri Sarbanes Cicilline Keating Barton (TX) Guthrie Pitts Schakowsky Therefore, the Honorable JOHN A. Clarke (MI) Kildee Bass (NH) Hall Platts Schiff BOEHNER of the State of Ohio, having Clarke (NY) Kucinich Benishek Hanna Poe (TX) Schwartz Clay Langevin received the majority of the votes cast, Berg Harper Pompeo Cleaver Larsen (WA) Scott (VA) Biggert Harris Posey is duly elected Speaker of the House of Clyburn Larson (CT) Scott, David Bilbray Hartzler Price (GA) Representatives for the 112th Congress. Cohen Lee (CA) Serrano Bilirakis Hastings (WA) Quayle The Clerk appoints the following Connolly (VA) Levin Sewell Bishop (UT) Hayworth Reed Conyers Lewis (GA) Sherman committee to escort the Speaker-elect Black Heck Rehberg Costello Loebsack Sires Blackburn Heller Reichert to the chair: Courtney Lofgren, Zoe Slaughter Bonner Hensarling Renacci The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Critz Lowey Smith (WA) Bono Mack Herger Ribble Crowley Luja´ n Speier CANTOR) Boustany Herrera Beutler Rigell Cuellar Lynch Stark The gentlewoman from California Brady (TX) Huelskamp Rivera Cummings Maloney Sutton Brooks Huizenga (MI) Roby (Ms. PELOSI) Davis (CA) Markey Thompson (CA) Broun (GA) Hultgren Roe (TN) The gentleman from California (Mr. Davis (IL) Matsui Thompson (MS) Buchanan Hunter Rogers (AL) DeGette McCarthy (NY) Tierney MCCARTHY) Bucshon Hurt Rogers (KY) DeLauro McCollum Tonko Buerkle Issa Rogers (MI) The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Deutch McDermott Towns Burgess Jenkins Rohrabacher HOYER) Dicks McGovern Tsongas Burton (IN) Johnson (IL) Rokita EN Dingell McNerney Van Hollen The gentleman from Texas (Mr. H - Calvert Johnson (OH) Rooney Doggett Meeks Vela´ zquez SARLING) Camp Johnson, Sam Ros-Lehtinen Doyle Miller (NC) Visclosky Campbell Jones Roskam The gentleman from South Carolina Edwards Miller, George Walz (MN) Canseco Jordan Ross (FL) (Mr. CLYBURN) Ellison Moore Wasserman Cantor Kelly Royce Engel Moran Schultz The gentleman from Texas (Mr. SES- Capito King (IA) Runyan Eshoo Murphy (CT) Waters SIONS) Carter King (NY) Ryan (WI) Farr Nadler Watt Cassidy Kingston Scalise The gentleman from Connecticut Fattah Napolitano Waxman Chabot Kinzinger (IL) Schilling (Mr. LARSON) Filner Neal Weiner Chaffetz Kline Schmidt Frank (MA) Olver Welch The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Coble Labrador Schock Fudge Owens Wilson (FL) Coffman (CO) Lamborn Schweikert PRICE) Garamendi Pallone Woolsey Cole Lance Scott (SC) The gentleman from California (Mr. Gonzalez Pascrell Wu Conaway Landry Scott, Austin Green, Al Pastor (AZ) Yarmuth BECERRA) Cravaack Lankford Sensenbrenner The gentlewoman from Washington Crawford Latham Sessions SHULER—11 Crenshaw LaTourette Shimkus (Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS) Culberson Latta Shuster Altmire Holden Michaud The gentleman from New York (Mr. Boren Kissell Ross (AR) Davis (KY) Lee (NY) Simpson ISRAEL) Denham Lewis (CA) Smith (NE) Cooper Matheson Shuler Dent LoBiondo Smith (NJ) Donnelly (IN) McIntyre The gentleman from Texas (Mr. CAR- DesJarlais Long Smith (TX) LEWIS (GA)—2 TER) Diaz-Balart Lucas Southerland The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Barrow Giffords Dold Luetkemeyer Stearns VAN HOLLEN) Dreier Lummis Stivers COSTA—1 Duffy Lungren, Daniel Stutzman The gentlewoman from South Dakota Duncan (SC) E. Sullivan Cardoza (Mrs. NOEM) Duncan (TN) Mack Terry CARDOZA—1 The gentleman from California (Mr. Ellmers Manzullo Thompson (PA) EORGE ILLER Emerson Marchant Thornberry Costa G M ) The gentleman from South Carolina Farenthold Marino Tiberi COOPER—1 Fincher McCarthy (CA) Tipton (Mr. SCOTT) Fitzpatrick McCaul Turner Kind The gentlewoman from Connecticut Flake McClintock Upton Fleischmann McCotter Walberg KAPTUR—1 (Ms. DELAURO) Fleming McHenry Walden Lipinski The gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Flores McKeon Walsh (IL) HOYER—1 WALDEN) Forbes McKinley Webster The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Fortenberry McMorris West Schrader Foxx Rodgers Westmoreland CUELLAR) Franks (AZ) Meehan Whitfield ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 The gentleman from California (Mr. Frelinghuysen Mica Wilson (SC) Bishop (GA) DREIER) Gallegly Miller (FL) Wittman Gardner Miller (MI) Wolf NOT VOTING—2 The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Garrett Miller, Gary Womack Boehner DeFazio WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) Gerlach Mulvaney Woodall The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gibbs Murphy (PA) Yoder b 1341 ROSKAM) Gibson Myrick Young (AK) Gingrey (GA) Neugebauer Young (FL) The CLERK. The tellers agree in The gentlewoman from California Gohmert Noem Young (IN) their tallies that the total number of (Ms. BASS)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:10 Jan 09, 2014 Jkt 099102 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 J:\BR_BACKUP\H05JA1.000 H05JA1 WREIER-AVILES on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD January 5, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 1 77 And the Members of the Ohio delega- Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alex- geous troops and our veterans, we will tion: andra; and my grandchildren. I am always be the land of the free and the Ms. KAPTUR proud, too, to be from a large family— home of the brave. Mr. LATOURETTE the youngest of seven—and to acknowl- Let us now salute our men and Mr. KUCINICH edge my brother, Thomas D’Alesandro women in uniform. Mr. TIBERI III, the former mayor of Baltimore, To honor them, we must build a fu- Mr. RYAN Maryland. ture worthy of their sacrifice, which Mr. TURNER Welcome, Thomas. includes good-paying jobs when they Mrs. SCHMIDT Let me thank my constituents in San come home. It is not enough that we Ms. SUTTON Francisco, whom I am proud to rep- staved off a depression. Much more Mr. LATTA resent in the spirit of the anthem of needs to be done to open up the Amer- Mr. JORDAN our city of Saint Francis—the song of ican Dream and lift up the American Ms. FUDGE Saint Francis—and I am so pleased economy. The only acceptable outcome Mr. AUSTRIA that that was recited by all of us at the is to fully and finally restore fair pros- Mr. CHABOT interdenominational service this morn- perity that good-paying jobs provide. Mr. GIBBS ing. b 1400 Mr. JOHNSON I am grateful to my colleagues for Mr. RENACCI, and their commitment to equality, which is Our most important job is to fight Mr. STIVERS both our heritage and our hope, giving for American jobs, to make it in Amer- The committee will retire from the me the historic honor of being the first ica—STENY—and so Democrats will Chamber to escort the Speaker-elect to woman Speaker of the House of Rep- judge what comes before Congress, the chair. resentatives. Now more doors are wide from either side of the aisle, as to The Sergeant at Arms announced the open for all of America’s daughters and whether it creates jobs, strengthens Speaker-elect of the House of Rep- granddaughters. the middle class, and reduces the def- resentatives of the 112th Congress, who I am also honored to be the first icit, not burdening future generations. was escorted to the chair by the Com- Italian-American Speaker. Like many When the new Speaker of the House, mittee of Escort. Americans, our heritage is a source of JOHN BOEHNER, and the new Republican Ms. PELOSI. It is a high honor to great pride and of deeply ingrained pa- majority—and congratulations, again— welcome all Members of Congress and triotism which summons us to build a come forward with solutions that will their families to the House of Rep- stronger Nation. We recognize that the address these American challenges, you resentatives. proudest title we will ever hold is not will find us a willing partner. To the new Members and their fami- accorded on this floor. It is the simple As we congratulate Speaker BOEHNER lies, a special congratulations and wel- dignity of the title ‘‘American’’—part and our Republican colleagues, as we come to you. We all wish you great of our great democracy that continues wish them success, we must stand success. Congratulations to you. to be the greatest hope of liberty and ready to find common ground, to solve We all come here to represent our progress for the entire world. problems, and to build a more secure constituents. Our respect for each When I was first elected Speaker, I future for all Americans. other is founded in our respect for the called the House to order on behalf of And as we take the oath of office people that we represent. America’s children; and now, as I pre- today to support and defend the Con- This month, we will celebrate the pare to hand the gavel over to Speaker stitution, we must be ever mindful that 50th anniversary of the inauguration of BOEHNER, I know one thing above all it makes us trustees for the American John F. Kennedy as President of the else: Thanks to you, we have stood people, with an obligation to do what is United States. with those children and for their fami- right for them, and custodian of the As a student, I was there in the freez- lies—for their health, their education, American heritage—our great values. ing cold. For some of you, you have the safety of the air they breathe, the Thank you, my colleagues, for the read about it in the history books, but water they drink, and the food they honor of serving in that tradition as to Bob and me, it was our youth. eat. the Speaker of the House of Represent- Right, Bob? Thanks to you, for those children and atives. I thank you, my colleagues. I was there in the freezing cold and their families, we have made the larg- Again, I want to congratulate all of heard the stirring address that inspired est ever commitment to making col- the new Members of Congress, all of generations of Americans to public lege more affordable, enacted Wall you who have been reelected, but espe- service. Street reform with the greatest con- cially the new majority and the new In his 1962 State of the Union Ad- sumer protections in history, and Speaker of the House, JOHN BOEHNER. dress, right from here, from this dais, passed a strong Patients’ Bill of Now, the House will be led by a proud President Kennedy said to the Con- Rights. It means that children with son of Ohio, a man of conviction, a pub- gress: the Constitution makes us all preexisting conditions can get care; lic servant of resolve, and a legislative trustees of the American people, young people can stay on their parents’ leader of skill. Speaker BOEHNER is a custodians of the American heritage. policies until they are 26; pregnant leader who has earned the confidence of Today, as we take the oath of office women and breast and prostate cancer his conference and the respect of his to support and defend our Constitution, patients can no longer be thrown off colleagues in the Congress. He is a man we do so as trustees of America’s best their insurance; our seniors are paying of faith: faith in God, faith in our coun- hopes and as custodians of America’s less for their medical prescriptions. try, and faith in his family. highest values. However we may differ, Taken together, it will save taxpayers It is very important for us, in ac- let us never lose sight of our common $1.3 trillion. knowledging that, for us to acknowl- laws for this exceptional Nation and Thanks to you, thanks to all of us, edge his family, his wife, Mrs. Boehner. our shared obligation to the way for- we advanced the defining American As we congratulate him, we congratu- ward. cause of ‘‘equality for all’’ from the late and thank Debbie for sharing him I started off by acknowledging and first days of the Congress with the pas- with us and Lindsay and Trisha and, welcoming and congratulating the sage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay indeed, the entire Boehner family. Members and their families. Our fami- Act to the last days with the repeal of Thank you and congratulations to all lies have always helped light the way the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. of you. forward for all of us. With a full and And thanks to you, we achieved more Now, recognizing our roles under the grateful heart, I want to thank my for America’s veterans than at any Constitution, united in our love of our family: my husband of 47 years, Paul time since the passage of the GI Bill of country, we now engage in a strong Pelosi; my children, Nancy Corinne, Rights in 1944. Because of our coura- symbol of American democracy, the

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God bless you, Speaker BOEH- sive to their needs, a government that that allows you to represent your con- NER. God bless this Congress and God respects individual liberty, honors our stituents, to make your case, offer al- bless America. heritage, and bows before the public ternatives, and be heard. Mr. BOEHNER. Thank you. It’s still that it serves. In time I believe this framework will just me. Let’s start with the rules package allow the House to be a place where the Madam Speaker, thank you for your that the House will consider today. If people’s will is done. It will also, I kind words, and thank you for your passed, it will change how this institu- hope, rebuild trust among us and the service to this institution. tion operates, with an emphasis on real people we serve and, in so doing, pro- Secondly, I want to welcome all of transparency, greater accountability, vide a guidepost for those who follow our new Members and their families on and a renewed focus on our Constitu- us in the service of our Nation. what is a very special day. All of us tion. Our aim will be to give the gov- To our new Members, Democrat and who have been here remember vividly ernment back to the American people. Republican alike, as you take the oath that first day that we served here, and b 1410 today, I know that you do so mindful I think any of us can tell you that you In seeking this goal, we will part of this shared goal and the trust placed will never forget today. with some of the rituals that have in you by your constituents. My own family is here as well. I come to characterize this institution As Speaker, I feel part of my job is to think you just met Debbie, and next to under majorities, both Republican and help each of you do your job well, re- Debbie are Lindsay and Trisha, our two Democrat alike. We will dispense with gardless of your political party. My daughters. Welcome. We’re glad that the conventional wisdom that bigger hope is that every new Member, and, you’re here. Ten of my 11 brothers and bills are always better, that fast legis- indeed, every Member, will be com- sisters and sisters-in-law and brothers- lating is good legislating, that allowing fortable with approaching me with re- in-law are here as well, and my poor amendments and open debate makes gard to matters of the House. brother Greg who runs a restaurant the legislative process ‘‘less efficient’’ We will not always get it right, and down in Georgia was unable to be here, than our Forefathers had intended. we will not always agree on what is but I wanted to acknowledge him. These misconceptions have been the right. There is a great deal of scar tis- I also want to acknowledge some of basis for the rituals of modern Wash- sue that has been built up on both sides my close friends that are here from the ington. In my opinion, the American of the aisle. We can’t ignore that, nor other side of the Capitol: MITCH people have not been served well by should we. My belief has always been MCCONNELL, the Senate Republican them. Today, mindful of the lessons of that we can disagree without being dis- leader is here; and two of my best buds, the past, we open a new chapter. agreeable. That is why it’s critical that RICHARD BURR from North Carolina, Legislators and the public will have 3 this institution operate in a manner SAXBY CHAMBLISS from Georgia, along days to read a bill before it comes to a that permits a free exchange of ideas with, you know, my buddy LATHAM. vote. Legislation will be more focused, and resolves our honest differences Thank you for being here, gentlemen. I properly scrutinized, and constitu- through a fair debate and vote. We may appreciate it. tionally sound. Committees, once have different, sometimes very dif- I am honored and humbled to rep- bloated, will be smaller with a renewed ferent, ideas about how to go about resent a great, hardworking commu- mission, including oversight. Old rules achieving the common good. It is why nity in Congress. The people of Ohio’s that have made it easy to increase we serve. Eighth Congressional District continue spending will be replaced by new rules Let us now move forward, humble in to afford me the privilege to serve, for that make it easier to cut spending. our demeanor, steady in our principles, which I am deeply grateful. And we will start by cutting Congress’ dedicated to proving worthy of the We gather here today at a time of own budget. trust and confidence that has been great challenges, when nearly one in 10 Above all else, we will welcome the placed in each of us. If we brace our- of our neighbors is out of work. Health battle of ideas, encourage it, and en- selves to do our duty and do what we care costs are still rising for American gage in it—openly, honestly, and re- say we’re going to do, I don’t think families. Our spending has caught up spectfully. As the Chamber closest to that, together, there is anything that with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the people, the House works best when we can’t accomplish, again, on behalf the entire size of our national econ- it is allowed to work its will. And I ask of the people we serve. omy. Hard work and tough decisions all Members of this body to join me in More than a country, America is an will be required of the 112th Congress. recognizing this common truth. idea; and it’s our job to pass that pos- No longer can we fall short. No longer To my colleagues in the majority, terity of blessings that have been be- can we kick the can down the road. my message is this: We will honor our stowed on us to those generations that The people voted to end business as pledge to America, built through a follow us. usual; and, today, we begin to carry process of listening to the American I want to wish all of you the very out their instructions. people. We will stand firm on our con- best. Welcome to the people’s House. In the Catholic faith, we enter into a stitutional principles that built our Welcome to the 112th Congress. season of service by having ashes party and built a great Nation. We will I am now ready to take the oath of marked on our head. The ashes remind do these things, however, in a manner the office, and I ask the Dean of the us that life, in all of its forms, is very that restores and respects the time- House, the Honorable JOHN DINGELL of fragile; our time on this Earth fleeting. honored right of the minority to an Michigan, to administer the oath of of- But as the ashes are delivered, we hear honest debate and a fair, open process. fice. those humbling words: remember, you And to my friends in the minority, I Mr. DINGELL then administered the are dust and to dust you shall return. offer a commitment: Openness, once a oath of office to Mr. BOEHNER of Ohio, The American people have humbled tradition of this institution but in- as follows: us. They have refreshed our memories creasingly scarce in recent decades, Do you solemnly swear or affirm that to just how temporary the privilege of will be the new standard. There were you will support and defend the Con- serving is. They’ve reminded us that no open rules in the House in the last stitution of the United States against everything here is on loan from them. Congress. In this one, there will be all enemies, foreign and domestic; that That includes this gavel, which I ac- many. you will bear true faith and allegiance

VerDate Mar 15 2010 12:10 Jan 09, 2014 Jkt 099102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 J:\BR_BACKUP\H05JA1.000 H05JA1 WREIER-AVILES on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD January 5, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 1 79 to the same; that you take this obliga- MINORITY WHIP AND ASSISTANT That Yelberton Watkins of the State of tion freely, without any mental res- DEMOCRATIC LEADER South Carolina be, and is hereby, chosen ervation or purpose of evasion; and Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Representatives. that you will well and faithfully dis- Speaker, as chair of the Democratic The SPEAKER. The question is on charge the duties of the office on which Caucus, I am directed by that con- the amendment offered by the gen- you are about to enter, so help you ference to notify the House of Rep- tleman from Connecticut. God. resentatives officially that the Demo- The amendment was rejected. (Applause, the Members rising.) cratic Members have selected as minor- The SPEAKER. The question is on Mr. DINGELL. Congratulations, Mr. ity whip the gentleman from Maryland, the remainder of the resolution offered Speaker. the Honorable STENY HOYER; and as as- by the gentleman from Texas. sistant Democratic leader, the gen- f The remainder of the resolution was tleman from South Carolina, the Hon- agreed to. SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS orable JAMES CLYBURN. A motion to reconsider was laid on The SPEAKER. According to prece- f the table. dent, the Chair will swear in the Mem- ELECTION OF CLERK OF THE The SPEAKER. The Chair will now bers-elect en masse. HOUSE, SERGEANT AT ARMS, swear in the officers of the House. The Members-elect will rise and raise CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFI- The officers presented themselves in their right hands. CER AND CHAPLAIN the well of the House and took the oath The Members-elect rose, and the Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I of office as follows: Speaker administered the oath of office Do you solemnly swear or affirm that to them as follows: offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. you will support and defend the Con- Do you solemnly swear or affirm that stitution of the United States against you will support and defend the Con- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- lows: all enemies, foreign and domestic; that stitution of the United States against you will bear true faith and allegiance H. RES. 1 all enemies, foreign and domestic; that to the same; that you take this obliga- Resolved, That Karen L. Haas of the State you will bear true faith and allegiance tion freely, without any mental res- to the same; that you take this obliga- of Maryland, be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives; ervation or purpose of evasion; and tion freely, without any mental res- That Wilson S. Livingood of the Common- that you will well and faithfully dis- ervation or purpose of evasion; and wealth of Virginia be, and is hereby, chosen charge the duties of the office on which that you will well and faithfully dis- Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Represent- you are about to enter, so help you charge the duties of the office on which atives; God. you are about to enter, so help you That Daniel J. Strodel of the District of The SPEAKER. Congratulations. God. Columbia be, and is hereby, chosen Chief Ad- f The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You ministrative Officer of the House of Rep- resentatives; and b 1430 are now Members of the 112th Congress. That Father Daniel P. Coughlin of the f State of Illinois, be, and is hereby, chosen SWEARING IN OF MEMBER Chaplain of the House of Representatives. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman b 1420 Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I from Oklahoma please present himself wish to congratulate my counterpart MAJORITY LEADER in the well. on his re-election. Mr. SULLIVAN appeared at the bar Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, as I yield to the gentleman from Con- of the House and took the oath of office chairman of the Republican Con- necticut (Mr. LARSON) for the purpose as follows: ference, I have been directed to report of offering an amendment. Do you solemnly swear that you will to the House that the Republican Mem- Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. support and defend the Constitution of bers have selected as majority leader Speaker, I have an amendment to the the United States against all enemies, the gentleman from Virginia, the Hon- resolution, but before offering the foreign and domestic; that you will orable ERIC CANTOR. amendment, I request that there be a bear true faith and allegiance to the division of the question on the resolu- f same; that you take this obligation tion so that we may have a separate freely, without any mental reservation MINORITY LEADER vote on the Chaplain. or purpose of evasion; and that you will The SPEAKER. The question will be Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Con- well and faithfully discharge the duties divided. gratulations to you, Mr. Speaker, and of the office on which you are about to The question is on agreeing to that congratulations to my colleague and enter, so help you God. portion of the resolution providing for chair of the Republican Conference. The SPEAKER. Congratulations. the election of the Chaplain. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the That portion of the resolution was f Democratic Caucus, I am directed by agreed to. NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE that conference to notify the House of A motion to reconsider was laid on Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Representatives officially that the the table. Democratic Members have selected as privileged resolution and ask for its AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. LARSON OF immediate consideration. minority leader the gentlewoman from CONNECTICUT California, the Honorable NANCY The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. lows: D’ALESANDRO PELOSI. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the H. RES. 2 f remainder of the resolution. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report Resolved, That the Senate be informed that MAJORITY WHIP the amendment. a quorum of the House of Representatives The Clerk read as follows: has assembled; that John A. Boehner, a Rep- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, as resentative from the State of Ohio, has been chairman of the Republican Con- Amendment offered by Mr. LARSON of Con- elected Speaker; and that Karen L. Haas, a ference, I am directed by that con- necticut: citizen of the State of Maryland, has been ference to notify the House officially That John Lawrence of the State of New elected Clerk of the House of Representa- Jersey be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk of the tives of the One Hundred Twelfth Congress. that the Republican Members have se- House of Representatives; lected as their majority whip the gen- That Alexis Covey-Brandt of the State of The resolution was agreed to. tleman from California, the Honorable Maryland be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant- A motion to reconsider was laid on KEVIN MCCARTHY. at-Arms of the House of Representatives; and the table.

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