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1 H151 (January 13, 2021)

handle is hein.presidentsimp/atuscp0005 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional 'Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 1 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 No. 8 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, January 15, 2021, at 10 a.m. House o Representatives WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 The House met at 9 a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker pro tem- pore (Mr. BROWN). DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- fore the House the following commu- nication from the Speaker: WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2021. I hereby appoint the Honorable ANTHONY G. BROWN to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. NANCY PELOSI, Speaker of the House of Representatives. PRAYER The Chaplain, Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: God, our judge, nothing is hidden from Your sight. Thus, we stand before You to give account for our role in to- day's momentous decisions. In our deepest desire to carry out our respon- sibilities to govern, protect, and pre- serve this Nation, while yet unsettled by the events of this past week, we find ourselves seizing the scales of justice from the jaws of mobocracy. Almighty God, wield Your sword and penetrate the confusion and discontent of our country. Lay bare our attitudes of vengeance that You would show us how to serve as instruments of Your pure judgment and peace. Divide our rhetoric from the light of Your truth. Judge our partisan thoughts and con- vict us to attend to the common good. We have taken our obligations freely, but we remain beholden to Your guid- ance. Hold us, then, accountable to Your powerful Word. In the strength of Your holy name, we pray. Amen. THE JOURNAL The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to section 5(a)(1)(A) of House Reso- lution 8, the Journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGOVERN) come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. McGOVERN led the Pledge of Al- legiance as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. RECESS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the House in recess for a pe- riod of less than 15 minutes. Accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 2 min- utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. D 0916 AFTER RECESS The recess having expired, the House was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. BROWN) at 9 o'clock and 16 minutes a.m. PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 24, IMPEACHING DON- ALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MIS- DEMEANORS Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, by di- rection of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 41 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- lows: H. RES. 41 Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- lution it shall be in order without interven- tion of any point of order to consider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 24) impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and on any amend- ment thereto to adoption without inter- vening motion or demand for division of the question except two hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank- ing minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. SEC. 2. Until completion of proceedings en- abled by the first section of this resolution (a) the Chair may decline to entertain any intervening motion, resolution, question, or notice; and (b) the Chair may decline to entertain the question of consideration. SEC. 3. Upon adoption of House Resolution 24 (a) House Resolution 40 is hereby adopted; and (b) no other resolution incidental to im- peachment relating to House Resolution 24 Q This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., Q 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H151 @ Printed on recycled paper.