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Speaker Mike Johnson appoints Jennifer Kiggens as speaker pro tempore, House notified
Summary
A written communication from the Speaker, read into the record July 30, 2026, named Jennifer Kiggens to serve as speaker pro tempore for the day; the communication was signed by Speaker Mike Johnson and read aloud by the Clerk.
On July 30, 2026, at the opening of the House session, the Clerk read a communication from the Speaker's Rooms in Washington, D.C., notifying the Chamber that Speaker Mike Johnson had appointed Jennifer Kiggens to serve as speaker pro tempore for the day. The Clerk read the appointment into the record and identified the communication as dated July 30, 2026, and signed by Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Clerk read in part that the Speaker "appoint[ed] the Honorable Jennifer Kiggens to act as speaker pro tempore on this day." The transcript shows the communication was transmitted from the Speaker's Rooms and included Mike Johnson's signature; no roll call or separate House vote on the appointment appears in the transcript. The appointment was communicated to establish the presiding officer for the day's proceedings.
