House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) handed the Speaker's Gavel over to newly-elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).
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00:00 [APPLAUSE]
00:06 It is now my solemn honor and responsibility
00:11 to hand over the people's gavel here in the United States
00:17 House of Representatives to a family man, a hardworking man,
00:23 a Baptist man, a Southern man, a son of a firefighter's
00:29 household, the gentleman from the great state of Louisiana,
00:35 and the 56th speaker of the United States
00:38 House of Representatives, the Honorable Mike Johnson.
00:42 [APPLAUSE]
00:46 [CHEERING]
00:49 Thank you.
01:15 Thank you.