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Page H6077 · Official textThe House met at 11 a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Smith of New Jersey).
Vol. 172, No. 167 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
The House met at 11 a.m. and was called to order by the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Smith of New Jersey).
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following communication from the Speaker:
The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the following prayer: All-knowing and all-powerful God, there is nothing that You don't already know, nothing over which You are not sovereign. We commend unto You our unknowing--our inability to see what these days will portend for this country and the governing of this Nation. We appeal to You in our humanity--with our limited perspective and our dependence on Your wisdom to guide us in our lives. As children we sang easily that You have the whole world in Your hands. Inspire us to see--wherever we stand--that You still do. Our past, our present, and our future are laid bare before You. May we bear up under the accounting to which You will hold us. In our response to uncertainty, may we trust in Your wisdom. In our living into these times of change, may we yield ourselves to Your direction. Search us, God, and know our hearts. Lead us into the way You would have us go and into the lives You would have us lead. In Your sovereign name, we pray.
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore
Thereupon (at 11 o'clock and 2 minutes a.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until noon on Monday, November 9, 2026, for morning-hour debate.
Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:
Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:
Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution.
Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: