00:00Will Representative-elect Grijalva and members of the Arizona delegation present themselves in the well, and all members will rise, and the representative-elect will raise her right hand.
00:17Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you God.
00:41I do.
00:42Congratulations, you're now a member of the 119th Congress.
00:47We need to respect tribal sovereignty in our environment.
01:10We need to stand up for LGBTQ plus rights,
01:14because that's what the American people expect us to do.
01:18Fight for them.
01:24That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files.
01:30So we pose.
01:41We're posing.
01:48Handshake.
01:49Handshake.
01:51We'll leave the camera to do it.
01:52That would be another...
02:02That would not be my question.
02:04This is the...
02:05Look, I really like this lady.
02:06She's going to be an excellent member of Congress.
02:08She's a great person.
02:09I just told her on the way in that she fills her father's shoes, or she's going to try.
02:13No one can.
02:14She may not agree with me, but we follow the custom of the house on the timetable,
02:19and we've had a little, as we say in the Deep South, some intense fellowship about that.
02:22Yes.
02:23But she's here now, and I promised that we would have her the oath administered before
02:28we began legislative business, so she hasn't missed a vote, and we're delighted you're here.
02:32So anything I can do to help you, as I do, all members are happy to get you acclimated
02:36and do everything.
02:37But you know more than most because your dad was here for a long time.
02:39I visited.
02:40Yes.
02:40I never did this job.
02:41So this is brand spanking new, so I will take the offer of help.
02:45Congratulations.
02:46Thank you so much.
02:48Thank you for messaging the speaker.
02:49Thank you for messaging the speaker.
02:50I gave it during the...
03:02But this historic moment comes with a sober reality.
03:11My swearing-in was delayed by 50 days, the longest in modern history.
03:17And let's understand very clearly that if I were a Republican, I would not have waited this long.
03:24If I were a man, I would not have waited this long.
03:27We all know that the rules are always different for women of color and people of color.
03:35And we have to fight against that.
03:37There is no way that this can ever happen again to anyone at all.
03:45We're going to push forward bipartisan legislation to ensure it.
03:49Because we cannot allow this to happen to anybody again.
03:53For one individual to be able to silence 800,000 people, it's unconscionable.
04:01It's grosero.
04:03It's just not okay.
04:05Speaker Johnson purposefully obstructed my swearing-in by canceling vote after vote.
04:12And the Epstein files discharge petition sat one signature short.
04:17With my signing, we move one step closer to the truth.
04:21The truth that they will try to deny.
04:24But that survivors deserve their day of justice.
04:29And the American people demand it.
04:32And finally, my overwhelming election in Arizona sends a clear message.
04:37This nation, built by immigrants, strengthened by diversity,
04:41will choose hope over hate and leadership over chaos every time.
04:47We've been waiting for a little while.
04:48Well, it's a little surreal, I have to say.
04:51It is.
04:51People keep asking me how I feel.
04:54And honestly, maybe I'll have a better answer tomorrow.
04:57But right now, we've waited so long that I'm looking at my kids and my mom and my husband.
05:04And they're all looking at us like, what does that feel like?
05:07I'm like, I have no idea.
05:08And if you ask them, they'll probably say the same thing.
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