D4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST January 6, 2009 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 213 

public bills, H.R. 11–223; 1 private bill, H.R. 224; 

and 30 resolutions, H.J. Res. 1–5; H. Con. Res. 

1–3; and H. Res. 1–22, were introduced. 

 Page H27–37 

Report Filed: A report was filed on January 3, 2009 

as follows: 

Summary of Activities of the Committee on 

Standards of Official Conduct for the 110th Congress 

(H. Rept. 110–938). Page H27 

Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest 

Chaplain, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington. Page H1 

Election Credentials for the Resident Commissioner and Delegates: The Clerk announced that 

credentials have been received showing the elections 

of the following: Honorable Pedro R. Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico; Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, 

Delegate from the District of Columbia; Honorable 

Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Delegate from Guam; Honorable Donna M. Christensen, Delegate from the 

Virgin Islands; Honorable Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, 

Delegate from American Samoa; and Honorable 

Gregorio Sablan, Delegate from the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands. Page H2 

Member Resignation: The Clerk announced that 

she was in receipt of a letter of resignation from 

Representative Emanuel from the state of Illinois. 

Agreed without objection that the letters relating to 

his resignation will be printed in the Record. 

 Pages H2–3 

Election of Speaker: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi 

of California was elected Speaker of the House of 

Representatives and received 255 votes. The Honorable John A. Boehner of Ohio received 174 votes. 

Earlier, the Clerk appointed Representatives-elect 

Brady (PA), Daniel E. Lungren (CA), Kaptur, and 

Ros-Lehtinen to act as Tellers. Pages H3–4 

Escort Committee: The Clerk appointed the following committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the 

Chair: Representatives-elect Boehner, Hoyer, Clyburn, Cantor, Larson, Pence, Becerra, and McCotter 

and the members of the California delegation: Representatives-elect Stark, George Miller, Waxman, 

Lewis, Dreier, Berman, Gallegly, Herger, Rohrabacher, Waters, Calvert, Eshoo, Filner, McKeon, 

Roybal-Allard, Royce, Woolsey, Farr, Zoe Lofgren, 

Radanovich, Sherman, Loretta Sanchez, Tauscher, 

Capps, Bono Mack, Lee, Gary G. Miller, Napolitano, 

Thompson, Baca, Harman, Davis, Honda, Issa, 

Schiff, Solis, Watson, Cardoza, Nunes, Linda T. 

Sa ́nchez, Daniel E. Lungren, Costa, Matsui, Campbell, Bilbray, McCarthy, McNerney, Richardson, 

Speier, Hunter, and McClintock. Page H4 

Administration of the Oath of Office to Members of the 111th Congress: The Dean of the 

House, the Honorable John D. Dingell, administered 

the oath of office to the Speaker. The Speaker then 

administered the oath to the Members, Resident 

Commissioner, and Delegates. Page H5 

Election of Majority and Minority Leaders: The 

Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Representative 

Larson, announced the election of Representative 

Steny H. Hoyer as the Majority Leader. The Chairman of the Republican Conference, Representative 

Pence, announced the election of Representative 

John A. Boehner as the Minority Leader. Page H5 

Election of Majority and Minority Whips: The 

Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, Representative 

Larson, announced the election of Representative 

James E. Clyburn as the Majority Whip. The Chairman of the Republican Conference, Representative 

Pence, announced the election of Representative Eric 

Cantor as the Minority Whip. Page H6 

Electing Officers of the House of Representatives: The House agreed to H. Res. 1, choosing the 

following officers for the House of Representatives: 

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk; Wilson S. Livingood, Sergeant at Arms; Daniel P. Beard, Chief Administrative Officer; and Father Daniel P. Coughlin, Chaplain. Page H6 

On a division of the question, rejected the Pence 

amendment that sought to choose Paula 

Nowakowski as Clerk; Steve Stombres as Sergeant at 

Arms; and Jo-Marie St. Martin as Chief Administrative Officer. Page H6 

Notify the Senate that a Quorum Has Assembled: The House agreed to H. Res. 2, to inform the 

Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled 

and of the election of the Speaker and Clerk. Page H6 

Notify the President of the Assembly of the 

111th Congress: The House agreed to H. Res. 3, 

authorizing the Speaker to appoint members of the 

House to a joint committee to notify the President 

of the assembly of the Congress. Subsequently, the 

Speaker appointed Representatives Hoyer and 

Boehner to the committee. Later, Representatives 

Hoyer and Boehner each announced that the Committee had notified the President that a quorum of 


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each House had assembled and was ready to receive 

any communication that he may be pleased to make. 

 Page H6 

Notify the President of the Election of the 

Speaker and the Clerk: The House agreed to H. 

Res. 4, authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk. 

 Page H6 

Adopting Rules for the One Hundred Eleventh 

Congress: The House agreed to H. Res. 5, adopting 

the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress, by a yea-and-nay 

vote of 242 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 4. 

 Pages H6–20 

Rejected the Dreier motion to commit the resolution to a select committee comprised of the Majority 

Leader and the Minority Leader with instructions to 

report back the same to the House forthwith with 

amendments, by a yea-and-nay vote of 174 yeas to 

249 nays, Roll No. 3. Pages H19–20 

Election of Members to Certain Standing Committees: The House agreed to H. Res. 8, electing 

the following Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives: Committee on 

Agriculture: Representative Peterson, Chairman. 

Committee on Appropriations: Representative Obey, 

Chairman. Committee on Armed Services: Representative Skelton, Chairman. Committee on the 

Budget: Representative Spratt, Chairman. Committee on Education and Labor: Representative 

George Miller (CA), Chairman. Committee on Energy and Commerce: Representative Waxman, Chairman. Committee on Financial Services: Representative Frank (MA), Chairman. Committee on Foreign 

Affairs: Representative Berman, Chairman. Committee on Homeland Security: Representative 

Thompson (MS), Chairman. Committee on House 

Administration: Representative Brady (PA). Committee on the Judiciary: Representative Conyers, 

Chairman. Committee on Natural Resources: Representative Rahall, Chairman. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Representative 

Towns, Chairman. Committee on Rules: Representative Slaughter, Chairman; Representatives McGovern, Hastings (FL), Matsui, Cardoza, Welch, Castor 

(FL), Arcuri, and Sutton. Committee on Science and 

Technology: Representative Gordon (TN), Chairman. 

Committee on Small Business: Representative Velazquez, Chairman. Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure: Representative Oberstar, Chairman. 

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Representative Filner, Chairman. Committee on Ways and Means: 

Representative Rangel, Chairman. Pages H20–21 

Election of Certain Minority Members to Certain 

Standing Committees: The House agreed to H. 

Res. 12, electing the following Members of the minority to certain standing committees of the House 

of Representatives: Committee on Agriculture: Representative Lucas. Committee on Appropriations: 

Representative Lewis (CA). Committee on Armed 

Services: Representative McHugh. Committee on the 

Budget: Representative Ryan (WI). Committee on 

Education and Labor: Representative McKeon. Committee on Energy and Commerce: Representative 

Barton (TX). Committee on Financial Services: Representative Bachus. Committee on Foreign Affairs: 

Representative Ros-Lehtinen. Committee on Homeland Security: Representative King (NY). Committee 

on the Judiciary: Representative Smith (TX). Committee on Natural Resources: Representative 

Hastings (WA). Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Representative Issa. Committee on 

Rules: Representative Dreier. Committee on Science 

and Technology: Representative Hall (TX). Committee on Small Business: Representative Graves. 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: 

Representative Mica. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Representative Buyer. Committee on Ways and 

Means: Representative Camp. Page H21 

Daily Hour of Meeting: The House agreed to H. 

Res. 10, fixing the daily hour of meeting for the 

first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. 

 Page H21 

Assembly Outside of the District of Columbia: 

The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 1, regarding consent to assemble outside of the District of Columbia. 

 Page H21 

Appointment Authority: Agreed that during the 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress, the Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader be authorized to 

accept resignations and to make appointments authorized by law or by the House. Page H21 

Extension of Remarks: Agreed that during the One 

Hundred Eleventh Congress, all Members be permitted to extend their remarks and to include extraneous material within the permitted limit in that 

section of the Record entitled ‘‘Extensions of Remarks’’. Page H21 

Morning-Hour Debate: Agreed to the procedures 

regarding the format for morning-hour debate for 

the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. Pages H21–22 

Policies of the Chair: The Chair announced her 

policies with respect to particular aspects of the legislative process dealing with (1) privileges of the 

floor; (2) introduction of bills and resolutions; (3) 

unanimous-consent requests for the consideration of 

legislation; (4) recognition for one-minute speeches; 


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(5) recognition for special-order speeches; (6) decorum in debate; (7) conduct of votes by electronic device; (8) use of handouts on the House floor; (9) use 

of electronic equipment on the House floor; and (10) 

use of the Chamber. Agreed without objection that 

the announcements will be printed in the Record. 

 Pages H22–24 

House Office Building Commission: The Chair 

announced that Representatives Hoyer and Boehner 

will serve as members of the House Office Building 

Commission with the Speaker. Page H24 

Inspector General for the House of Representatives—Appointment: The Chair announced the 

joint appointment by the Speaker, the Majority 

Leader, and the Minority Leader of Mr. James J. 

Cornell of Springfield, Virginia, to the position of 

Inspector General for the House of Representatives 

for the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. Page H24 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence— 

Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker’s 

appointment of the following Members of the House 

to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: 

Representative Reyes, Chairman, and Representative 

Hoekstra. Page H24 

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the 

Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Hoyer 

and Representative Van Hollen to act as Speaker pro 

tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions 

in her absence during the period of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. Page H24 

Clerk Designations: Read a letter from the Clerk 

wherein she designated Ms. Deborah M. Spriggs, 

Deputy Clerk, and Mr. Robert F. Reeves, Deputy 

Clerk, to sign any and all papers and do all other 

acts in case of her temporary absence or disability. 

 Page H24 

Governing Board of the Office of Congressional 

Ethics—Reappointments: The Chair announced the 

reappointment of the following individuals to serve 

as the Governing Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics, pursuant to section 4(d) of H. Res. 5, 

111th Congress, and the order of the House of 

today: Nominated by the Speaker with the concurrence of the Minority Leader: Mr. David Skaggs of 

Colorado, Chairman; Mrs. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke 

of California, subject to section 1(b)(6)(B); Ms. Karan 

English of Arizona, subject to section 1(b)(6)(B); and 

Mr. Abner Mikva of Illinois, Alternate. Nominated 

by the Minority Leader with the concurrence of the 

Speaker: Mr. Porter J. Goss of Florida, Cochairman; 

Mr. James M. Eagen III of Colorado, subject to section 1(b)(6)(B); Ms. Allison R. Hayward of Virginia, 

subject to section 1(b)(6)(B); and Mr. Bill Frenzel of 

Virginia, Alternate. Page H24 

Succession of the Speaker of the House: Read a 

letter from the Speaker wherein she designated Representative Hoyer to act jointly with the Majority 

Leader of the Senate, or his designee, in the event 

of the death or inability of the Speaker, to notify 

Members of the House and Senate of any reassembly. 

 Page H24 

Order of Members to Act as Speaker Pro Tempore: The Chair announced that the Speaker delivered to the Clerk a letter dated January 6, 2009, 

listing Members in the order in which each shall act 

as Speaker pro tempore under clause 8(b)(3) of rule 

1. Page H24 

Designation of Minority Employees: The House 

agreed to H. Res. 13, designating minority employees pursuant to the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, as 

amended. Page H25 

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate 

by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the 

House today appears on page H24. 

Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings today and appear on 

pages 19 and 20. There was one quorum call, Roll 

No. 1, which appears on pages 1 and 2. 

Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 4:55 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

ASSESSING MADOFF PONZI SCHEME AND 

THE NEED FOR REGULATORY REFORM 

Committee on Financial Services: On January 5, the 

Committee met to discuss ‘‘Assessing the Madoff 

Ponzi Scheme and the Need for Regulatory Reform.’’ 

The following persons participated in the discussion: 

H. David Kotz, Inspector General, SEC; and nongovernmental persons. 

Joint Meetings 

No joint committee meetings were held. 

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NEW PUBLIC LAWS 

(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D—) 

H.R. 6859, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey 

Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the ‘‘Dr. Walter 

Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building’’. Signed on 

December 19, 2008. (Public Law 110–454) 

S.J. Res. 46, ensuring that the compensation and 

other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary 

of State are those which were in effect on January 

1, 2007. Signed on December 19, 2008. (Public Law 

110–455) 


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