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Speaker Mike Johnson appoints Rep. James Comer as speaker pro tempore for the day
Summary
A communication signed by Speaker Mike Johnson, read aloud by the clerk, named Rep. James Comer to serve as speaker pro tempore for May 29, 2026; the House opened, heard the appointment, and then proceeded with routine opening business.
A communication from Speaker Mike Johnson appointed Rep. James Comer to serve as speaker pro tempore for the day, the House was told on May 29, 2026. The notice, dated May 29, 2026, was read aloud at the outset of the day’s proceedings by the clerk.
The appointment was presented as a Speaker’s communication and was read into the record by Kevin F. McCumber, the clerk. "I hereby appoint the honorable James Comer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day," the clerk read from the signed communication, which bore the signature of Speaker Mike Johnson.
The announcement came during the chamber’s opening procedures after the chair called the House to order. The session then moved to the opening prayer, approval of the previous day’s journal and other routine items.
No vote was recorded in the transcript on the designation; the communication served as the formal notice to the House that Comer would perform the duties of speaker pro tempore for this sitting. The House adjourned later in the day until noon on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business.
