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represent the district’s many military troops 

and veterans, who put their lives on the line 

to protect the values we cherish. Their sense 

of duty and sacrifice has been an inspiration, 

which I will carry with me to my new duties 

as chief of staff to President-elect Barack 

Obama. 

As sons of immigrants to this country, you 

and I have a deep appreciation for the opportunities America provides to those who are 

willing to work hard and sacrifice for their 

children. As a member of the next Administration in Washington, I will strive to maintain and expand that opportunity for all 

families, because the chance to work hard 

and build a better life is the principle that 

unites all Americans. Over the past few 

years, our government in Washington has 

lost sight of that principle by catering to the 

wealthiest Americans and powerful special 

interests—leaving middle-class Americans to 

struggle with rising health care costs, reduced pensions and a collapsing economy. 

The recent election was a clarion call for a 

change in direction, so we can recapture the 

values that have made our nation a beacon 

of hope and opportunity. 

As I go to work everyday in the incoming 

Obama Administration, I will keep in mind 

the stories of the working families and senior citizens who I met during the past six 

years in grocery stores, schools and churches 

across the Fifth District. I will strive to 

make our government work for them and 

their children, because that is the true measure of our success as a nation. 

With gratitude and best wishes, 

Sincerely, 

RAHM EMANUEL, 

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Member of Congress. 

ELECTION OF SPEAKER 

The CLERK. Pursuant to law and 

precedent, the next order of business is 

the election of the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives for the 111th 

Congress. 

Nominations are now in order. 

The Clerk recognizes the gentleman 

from Connecticut (Mr. LARSON). 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Our democracy renews itself every 2 years as 

Members gather with their family 

members eager to fulfill the aspirations of our great Nation. While America watches with anticipation, they 

know that hope and help are on their 

way. The Democratic Caucus has met 

and unanimously endorsed NANCY

D’ALESANDRO PELOSI for Speaker. 

Two years ago, the Speaker took the 

gavel, historically, on behalf of America’s children. She has taken this Congress and the country in a new direction and provided the foundation for 

change that America yearns for and 

needs. How fitting, on the birthday of 

Sam Rayburn, legendary Speaker of 

the House from Texas, that I, as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, have 

been directed by the unanimous vote of 

the Caucus, to present for election to 

the Office of the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives for the 111th Congress, the name of the Honorable 

NANCY D’ALESANDRO PELOSI, a Representative-elect from the great State 

of California. 

The CLERK. The Clerk now recognizes the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 

PENCE). 

Mr. PENCE. Madam Clerk, as chairman of the Republican Conference, I 

am also directed by unanimous consent 

of that conference to present for election an individual today, but let me 

say also from my heart it is one of the 

great privileges of my life to do so, to 

present for election to the office of 

Speaker of the House for the 111th Congress the name of a man from the 

heartland of America, a man of humble 

beginnings who came to Washington 

during a time of reform and led and is 

prepared, starting this day, to lead this 

Congress back to the aspirations and 

ideals of the American people, the 

name of the Honorable JOHN A. 

BOEHNER, a representative-elect from 

the State of Ohio. 

The CLERK. The names of the Honorable NANCY PELOSI, a Representativeelect from the State of California, and 

the Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER, a Representative-elect from the State of 

Ohio, have been placed in nomination. 

Are there further nominations? 

There being no further nominations, 

the Clerk appoints the following tellers: 

The gentleman from Pennsylvania 

(Mr. BRADY); 

The gentleman from California (Mr. 

DANIEL E. LUNGREN); 

The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. 

KAPTUR); and 

The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. 

ROS-LEHTINEN). 

The tellers will come forward and 

take their seats at the desk in front of 

the Speaker’s rostrum. 

The roll will now be called, and those 

responding to their names will indicate 

by surname the nominee of their choosing. 

The Reading Clerk will now call the 

roll. 

The tellers having taken their places, 

the House proceeded to vote for the 

Speaker. 

The following is the result of the 

vote: 

[Roll No. 2] 

PELOSI—255 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Adler (NJ) 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Baird 

Baldwin 

Barrow 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Blumenauer 

Boccieri 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boucher 

Boyd 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Bright 

Brown, Corrine 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Dahlkemper 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis (TN) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Delahunt 

DeLauro 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Driehaus 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ellison 

Ellsworth 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Etheridge 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Foster 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Giffords 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Gordon (TN) 

Grayson 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffith 

Grijalva 

Hall (NY) 

Halvorson 

Hare 

Harman 

Hastings (FL) 

Heinrich 

Herseth Sandlin 

Higgins 

Hill 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hodes 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Inslee 

Israel 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick (MI) 

Kilroy 

Kind 

Kirkpatrick (AZ) 

Kissell 

Klein (FL) 

Kosmas 

Kratovil 

Kucinich 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maffei 

Maloney 

Markey (CO) 

Markey (MA) 

Marshall 

Massa 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McIntyre 

McMahon 

McNerney 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Melancon 

Michaud 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Minnick 

Mitchell 

Mollohan 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (VA) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Patrick 

Murtha 

Nadler (NY) 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Nye 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Payne 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Perriello 

Peters 

Peterson 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis (CO) 

Pomeroy 

Price (NC) 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Ross 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schauer 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Solis (CA) 

Space 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stark 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Teague 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Titus 

Tonko 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch 

Wexler 

Wilson (OH) 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

BOEHNER—174 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Barrett (SC) 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (UT) 

Blackburn 

Blunt 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boozman 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Broun (GA) 

Brown (SC) 

Brown-Waite, 

Ginny 

Buchanan 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Buyer 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Cantor 

Cao 

Capito 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castle 

Chaffetz 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Crenshaw 

Culberson 

Davis (KY) 

Deal (GA) 

Dent 

Diaz-Balart, L. 

Diaz-Balart, M. 

Dreier 

Duncan 

Ehlers 

Emerson 

Fallin 

Flake 

Fleming 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gerlach 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Granger 

Graves 

Guthrie 

Hall (TX) 

Harper 

Heller 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Hoekstra 

Hunter 

Inglis 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan (OH) 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kirk 

Kline (MN) 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee (NY) 

Lewis (CA) 

Linder 

LoBiondo 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McCotter 

McHenry 

McHugh 

McKeon 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Mica 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Moran (KS) 

Murphy, Tim 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Nunes 


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Olson 

Paul 

Paulsen 

Pence 

Petri 

Pitts 

Platts 

Poe (TX) 

Posey 

Price (GA) 

Putnam 

Radanovich 

Rehberg 

Reichert 

Roe (TN) 

Rogers (AL) 

Rogers (KY) 

Rohrabacher 

Rooney 

Ros-Lehtinen 

Roskam 

Royce 

Ryan (WI) 

Scalise 

Schmidt 

Schock 

Sensenbrenner 

Sessions 

Shadegg 

Shimkus 

Shuster 

Simpson 

Smith (NE) 

Smith (NJ) 

Smith (TX) 

Souder 

Stearns 

Sullivan 

Terry 

Thompson (PA) 

Thornberry 

Tiahrt 

Tiberi 

Turner 

Upton 

Walden 

Wamp 

Westmoreland 

Whitfield 

Wilson (SC) 

Wittman 

Wolf 

Young (AK) 

Young (FL) 

NOT VOTING—5 

Boehner 

Gutierrez 

Hastings (WA) 

Miller, Gary 

Rogers (MI) 

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The CLERK. The tellers agree in 

their tallies that the total number of 

votes cast is 429, of which the Honorable NANCY PELOSI of the State of California has received 255 votes, and the 

Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER of the 

State of Ohio has received 174 votes. 

Therefore, the Honorable NANCY

PELOSI of the State of California, having received a majority of the votes 

cast, is duly elected Speaker of the 

House of Representatives for the 111th 

Congress. 

The Clerk appoints the following 

committee to escort the Speaker-elect 

to the chair: 

The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. 

BOEHNER) 

The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. 

HOYER) 

The gentleman from South Carolina 

(Mr. CLYBURN) 

The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 

CANTOR) 

The gentleman from Connecticut 

(Mr. LARSON) 

The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 

PENCE) 

The gentleman from California (Mr. 

BECERRA) 

The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. 

MCCOTTER) 

And the Members of the California 

delegation: 

Mr. STARK

Mr. GEORGE MILLER

Mr. WAXMAN

Mr. LEWIS

Mr. DREIER

Mr. BERMAN

Mr. GALLEGLY

Mr. HERGER

Mr. ROHRABACHER

Ms. WATERS

Mr. CALVERT

Ms. ESHOO

Mr. FILNER

Mr. MCKEON

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD

Mr. ROYCE

Ms. WOOLSEY

Mr. FARR

Ms. ZOE LOFGREN

Mr. RADANOVICH

Mr. SHERMAN

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ

Mrs. TAUSCHER

Mrs. CAPPS

Mrs. BONO MACK

Ms. LEE

Mr. GARY G. MILLER

Mrs. NAPOLITANO

Mr. THOMPSON

Mr. BACA

Ms. HARMAN

Mrs. DAVIS

Mr. HONDA

Mr. ISSA

Mr. SCHIFF

Ms. SOLIS

Ms. WATSON

Mr. CARDOZA

Mr. NUNES

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́ NCHEZ

Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN

Mr. COSTA

Ms. MATSUI

Mr. CAMPBELL

Mr. BILBRAY

Mr. MCCARTHY

Mr. MCNERNEY

Ms. RICHARDSON

Ms. SPEIER

Mr. HUNTER, and 

Mr. MCCLINTOCK

The committee will retire from the 

Chamber to escort the Speaker-elect to 

the chair. 

The Majority Floor Services Chief 

announced the Speaker-elect of the 

House of Representatives of the 111th 

Congress, who was escorted to the 

chair by the Committee of Escort. 

Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, 

Leader HOYER, fellow Members, and a 

special welcome to our new Members 

and their families and friends who are 

here today. 

We begin this new Congress at a 

great time of challenge for the American people. This winter, working families are struggling to pay their bills 

and keep their homes; small businesses 

are being forced to choose between cutting jobs and closing their doors; 

health costs are rising; college savings 

funds and 401(k)s have declined in value 

substantially; parents are deeply worried about their children’s future. 

I think it’s a time of anxiety for millions of Americans, some of whom face 

economic challenges not seen in this 

country for generations. When things 

are at their worst for the American 

people, we owe them our best. This 

Congress must rise to the occasion. 

Two weeks from today, we will inaugurate a new President. President-elect 

Obama has expressed a desire to govern 

from the center and put the needs of 

our country first. I think all of you 

know Washington is a difficult town, 

and it won’t always be easy for him to 

do these things. But when our new 

President extends his hand across the 

aisle to do what is right for our country, Republicans will extend ours in return. 

During the 111th Congress, Republicans will strive not to be the party of 

opposition, but the party of better solutions. 

President-elect Obama’s calls for inclusiveness are already being put to 

the test. He’s called on Congress to 

move quickly and in a bipartisan fashion on legislation to help our economy. 

And at this time of economic anxiety, 

the American people deserve open debate and transparency in their Congress—a key ingredient needed to 

produce good legislation. And my hope 

is we will adopt a Rules package for 

the new Congress that encourages 

transparency and debate and helps ensure our institution is accountable to 

the people it serves. 

Our Nation has faced adversity before, and we have never failed to meet 

the challenge. This is because America 

is a land of limitless potential, and 

when we harness the will of the American people, commit ourselves to making the most of the blessings God has 

bestowed on this great country, and 

bring all of these gifts to bear on a 

common goal, there is no obstacle that 

we cannot overcome. 

America’s potential is unlimited, but 

government’s potential is not. And we 

must not confuse the two. 

We can’t simply spend our way back 

to prosperity. Our responsibilities as 

elected leaders in a flagging economy 

is to craft policies that allow our country’s potential to be unleashed. America runs on freedom. It’s the fuel of our 

economy, and it is the fuel of our democracy. The more we spend and the 

more we tax, the less freedom we will 

have left. 

So we need to take responsible action 

together to help put our economy back 

on a path toward prosperity. The 

months ahead can be a time of hope 

and renewal in America. The American 

people are giving their best. Here in 

Congress, we need to do the same. 

Madam Speaker, as we start the new 

Congress, we stand ready to work with 

you and your fellow Democrats for genuine solutions, for real reforms that 

put the needs of our country first and 

bring the blessings of liberty fully to 

bear on the challenges the American 

people face. 

In that spirit, it is my privilege to 

present to you the gavel of the 111th 

Congress. 

Ms. PELOSI. Thank you very much, 

Leader BOEHNER. 

Together, we welcome the many new 

Members of Congress who today join 

the House of Representatives of the 

United States of America. Congratulations to all of our new Members and to 

our re-elected Members. 

Your constituents have placed great 

trust in you. Your families have given 

you the love and support to make your 

leadership possible. Let us join together now and salute the families of 

the 111th Congress. 

I also want to thank my own family: 

my husband of 45 years, Paul Pelosi; 

and our children, Nancy Corinne, 

Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra; and our grandchildren, Alexander and Madeleine, Liam, Sean, 

Ryan, Paulie, and Thomas. 

And I also want to acknowledge my 

brother, Thomas D’Alesandro, the 

former mayor of Baltimore. 

I wish to express my appreciation of 

the people of San Francisco for granting me the privilege of representing 

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And I thank my caucus. Thank you, 

Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLYBURN; thank you, 

Mr. LARSON, for your nomination this 

morning. Thank you to the Members of 

the caucus for granting me the historic 

opportunity of breaking the marble 

ceiling and to serve, once again, as the 

first woman Speaker of the House. 

Leader BOEHNER, thank you for your 

generous words and for your commitment to put country ahead of party. 

Without reservation, let us stand together, not just today, but in the days 

ahead to live up to that resolve. 

Few Congresses and few Presidents in 

history have been given the responsibility and the privilege of serving the 

Nation in a time of such profound challenge. We do so renewed and refreshed 

by the new Members who join our 

ranks today. Again, welcome to our 

new Members. 

It is in that spirit that I pledge to 

you—let us all pledge to the American 

people that we will look forward, not 

backward; we will join hands, not point 

fingers; we will rise to the challenge, 

recognizing that our love of country is 

stronger than any issue which may divide us. 

This is the lesson and the legacy of 

the last election: The American people 

demanded a new era of change and accountability. Yes, we have problems as 

grave as our country has faced in generations. But now we enter a new Congress with a new era with a powerful 

sense of hope and pride in our great 

country. 

Two weeks from today, as Mr. 

BOEHNER indicated, on the steps of this 

Capitol, we will inaugurate the 44th 

President of the United States. From 

the inaugural platform, he will walk 

down the long stretch of the National 

Mall and see the steps of the Lincoln 

Memorial from which Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., called us to the deepest 

truth of our founding dream. 

When Barack Obama raises his right 

hand and takes the oath of office, we 

will know—and the world will witness—how far America has come. We 

will celebrate that moment, but recognize it as only a beginning. 

Together, with our new President, 

we, as a Congress and a country, must 

fulfill the rest of America’s promise. 

All of that promise will not be redeemed quickly or easily, but it must 

be pursued urgently with spirited debate and without partisan deadlock or 

delay. 

Hardworking and still hopeful Americans who are losing their jobs, their 

businesses, their retirement savings, 

their homes that are facing foreclosure, cannot wait any longer for us 

to move from the depths of a recession 

to the solid ground of an honest and 

fair prosperity for the many, not just 

the few. 

We need action, and we need action 

now. 

Families and children without health 

care, and millions more who fear losing 

coverage or who are facing rising costs, 

cannot afford to wait any longer. 

We need action, and we need action 

now. 

States facing financial crises, which 

are threatening the education and the 

health of our children, the well-being 

of our seniors, and the public safety of 

our communities, cannot afford to wait 

any longer. 

We need action, and we need action 

now. 

Our country is challenged by the climate crisis, by the need for energy security, and the need for 21st-century 

infrastructure. On all of these issues 

and many more, we cannot afford to 

wait. 

Our Nation needs action, and we need 

action now. 

America’s crises at home are 

matched by conflicts abroad—a terrorist threat that could strike there or 

here. We cannot afford to wait to renew 

our alliances, our leadership, and our 

respect in the world. We cannot afford 

to wait to deploy the power of our 

ideals. For the sake of our security, for 

the courageous Americans who serve 

on the front lines, and for our veterans 

who have bravely served our country, 

we cannot afford to wait to modernize 

and rebuild our military. 

Every chance we get we must express 

our appreciation to our heroic men and 

women in uniform and their families 

for their service and their sacrifice to 

our country. 

Let us show America and the world 

that we are equal to every test of a turbulent and unprecedented time. Let us 

listen to each other. Let us respect 

every voice and every view, and then 

together, let us act. 

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As we in Congress pledge to reach 

across the aisle, we recognize that history will measure this decisive moment not just by what we do here in 

Washington, but how we reflect and respect how all Americans work together 

for the common good to strengthen 

America’s future and faith in itself. 

As we take the oath of office today, 

we accept a level of responsibility as 

daunting and demanding as any that 

previous generations of leadership have 

faced. With the help of God, the light of 

our values, the strength of the American people, and the hopes that we have 

for our children and their future, God 

will bless us so that America will continue to be as our Founders predicted 

more than 200 years ago, ‘‘a rising not 

a setting sun.’’ 

Today, Cardinal McCarrick honored 

us by asking God’s blessing on our 

work. May God bless our work, and 

may God continue to bless America. 

Thank you all. 

I am now ready to take the oath of 

office as Speaker. Before I call the 

Dean of the Congress forward, I want to 

invite my grandchildren and any other 

children in the Congress—they’ve 

asked me can we come up again this 

year. They certainly can. 

Now, it is my privilege to ask the 

Dean of the House of Representatives, 

the Honorable JOHN DINGELL of Michigan, to administer the oath of office. 

Mr. DINGELL then administered the 

oath of office to Ms. PELOSI of California, as follows: 

Do you solemnly swear 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. 

(Applause, the Members rising.) 

Mr. DINGELL. Congratulations, 

Madam Speaker. 

The SPEAKER. I want to thank the 

children for joining me at the podium 

so that, as we called the House to order 

earlier today, it will be clear that the 

House will be called to order for all of 

America’s children. And now I am 

going to administer the oath of office 

to your parents. You are welcome to 

stay here, or you may wish to join your 

parents as they take the oath of office. 

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SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS 

The SPEAKER. According to precedent, the Chair will swear in the Members-elect en masse. 

The Members-elect and Delegateselect and the Resident Commissionerelect rose, and the Speaker administered the oath of office to them 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. You 

are now Members of the 111th Congress. 

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MAJORITY LEADER 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam 

Speaker, as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, I have been directed to 

report to the House that the Democratic Members have selected as majority leader the gentleman from Maryland, master of the procedures of this 

floor, the Honorable S

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TENY H. HOYER. 

MINORITY LEADER 

Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, as 

chairman of the Republican Conference, I am directed by that conference to notify the House of Representatives officially that the Republican Members have selected as minority leader the gentleman from Ohio, 

the Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER. 


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