LIVE: Opening Day of 116th Congress - House of Representatives (C-SPAN)

The U.S. House opens the 116th Congress, elects a new speaker, and plans to take up legislation to reopen the government. Full video here:

[annegeorge]

Why are they opening with a prayer? I want complete separation of church and State.

[annacallahan]

The kids dabbing at 1:40:00 made me want to die lol. Epic win for the memesters

[encody]

Those complaining about the opening prayer do not understand the meaning of the phrase "separation of church and state."

[realitymegabites]

2 Chronicles 7:14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

[akzebraminer]

Why are people confused this is trending? The midterms became a hot topic for the first time and hit a record diversity in Congress.

[pamelamark]

WOW, they are opening with a prayer, I love it ❣
I guess they see where Prayer is much needed.
AMEN. 👍👏

[methodstomymadness]

I'm watching politics... My History teacher would be proud!

[pyrotfboba]

Other votes for Speaker of the House:
Amash (R - MI-03) - Thomas Massie
Biggs (R - AZ-05) - Jim Jordan
Brindisi (D - NY-22) - Joe Biden
Cooper (D - TN-05) - Present
Crow (D - CO-06) - Tammy Duckworth
Cunningham (D - SC-01) - Cheri Bustos
Golden (D - ME-02) - Cheri Bustos
Gosar (R - AZ-04) - Jim Jordan
Hice (R - GA-10) - Jim Jordan
Kind (D - WI-03) - John Lewis
Lamb (D - PA-17) - Joe Kennedy III
Massie (R - KY-04) - Jim Jordan
McAdams (D - UT-04) - Stephanie Murphy
Perry (R - PA-04) - Jim Jordan
Rice (D - NY-04) - Stacey Abrams
Rose (D - NY-11) - Tammy Duckworth
Schrader (D - OR-05) - Marcia Fudge
Sherrill (D - NJ-11) - Cheri Bustos
Slotkin (D - MI-08) - Present
Spanberger (D - VA-07) - Cheri Bustos
Van Drew (D - NJ-02) - "No" (Became a Present)

[danielquinn]

It's important that C-SPAN plays this stuff in full.

[AdamTheTiger]

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[jagobanichi]

Are not the Senators and Congresspeople federal employees? Is the POTUS not a federal employee? When a representative, or the president, advocates closing down the federal government that rep and that president should be required to forgo their own salary for the duration of the shutdown--losing that chunk of income permanently.

[jerriapproves]

I’m watching this with purpose of practicing English. Loll

[nathanielmundy]

McCarthy said it great at 2:23:00 when he talked about the congress and Reagan. Very well done

[lmd]

Cool to see that they started with a prayer

[sean]

We need term limits for congress!
They need yearly psych evals
Random drug tests
And age restrictions

[Semper_Iratus]

New congress, same old corruption. Politics will never change.

[sailormoonie]

0:55 PRAYER?! WTF! What happened to separation of church and state???

[Nerdvanna]

Why did they start this with a prayer? What happened to the separation of Church and state?

[BusyBeeStitchery]

Hakeem Jeffrees should be a motivational speaker!! He killed that speech!

[Lprimary]

1:28:59 for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (getting booed, sort of funny)