Alaska, like every other state, has a full-fledged member of the U.S. House. Mary Peltola, along with the whole House of Representatives took the oath of office on Saturday morning.
After a four-day battle among Republicans over Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker, the mass swearing in was held. McCarthy prevailed over the remaining members of his party after 15 rounds of voting.
Like all Democrats, Peltola voted 15 times for Hakeem Jeffreys, D-N.Y.
Peltola will soon be assigned to a committee as the House organization is complete.
Peltola was a member of the Natural Resources Committee and Education and Labor Committee during her three-month tenure at the Congress.
She tweeted, “Now the work starts.”
Alarm clocking in at 2:35am. We are happy to have completed the week after being sworn in. Onward! pic.twitter.com/w1me9qEsLx
Mary Peltola (@MaryPeltola January 7, 2023