mrs. mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker, as chair of the republican conference i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that the republican members have selected asthma the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. leader, the gentleman from virginia, the honorable eric cantor. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. mr. becerra: i have been directed to report to the house that the democratic members have selected as minority leader the the gentlewoman from california, the honorable nancy pelosi. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from washington state. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: as chair of the republican conference i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that the house has selected the gentleman from california asthma the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. whip, the honorable kevin mccarthy. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. mr. becerra: as chairman of the democrat

mrs. mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker, by direction on the republican conference, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 6, resolved that following named members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committees of the house of representatives. committee on agriculture, mr. lucas, chairman. committee on appropriations, mr. rogers of kentucky, chairman. committee on armed services -- mrs. mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. without objection, the resolution is agreed to. the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the democratic caucus and on behalf of the minority leader, nancy pelosi, i offer a privileged resolution and ask fo

mrs. mcmorris rodgers: by direction i send to the house a resolution. and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will reminority resolution. the clerk: resolution 17, appointing certain members to committees. resolved that the following named members be and are hereby elected. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i ask that the resolution be considered as read. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to concurrent resolution, the chair announces the speaker's appointment of two members on the house to count electoral votes, the gentlewoman from michigan, candice miller and the gentleman from pennsylvania, robert brady. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house stands in recess until approximately 1 >> i am pleased that our new members will be here to bear witness to that. a few weeks ago i came before you bring forth our 49 members together. we saw the beautiful diversity in every possible way, gender, geography, philosophy -- in every possi

mr. boehner as speaker, republicans announced their other leadership positions. eric cantor and kevin mccarthy work reelected as majority leader and minority whip. cathy mcmorris rodgers takes over as conference chairman and craddick walton becomes -- greg walden becomes chairman of the nrc see. joe crowley is the new caucus vice chair. after the formal swearing-in of the group, speaker boehner met with members and their families for a mock swearing-in selected have their picture taken. -- so they could have their picture taken. >> how are you? thank you all. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you all. >> thank you, sir. i am proud of you. >> stand right there. there we go. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> raise your right hand. >> you are in the middle. you can hold that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. speaker, it is and honor. >> look straight ahead. congratulations. >> we will hold it. look straight ahead. >> congratulations. >> good job. >> how are you? there you go, just like that. >> perfect. right hand up, and there you go, perfect. >> congratulations. here we go. come on, get in there. gee whiz. right hand up. there we go. nice to s