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The inauguration platform will hold more than 1,600 people on Inauguration Day, including former presidents, Members of Congress, cabinet members, diplomats, governors, and other dignitaries. Inaugural Ceremonies Chairman Senator Roy Blunt (MO) praised the workers who will hammer in 'the nails that matter.'

Inaugural First Nail Ceremony

Ceremony Commences Inauguration Construction.

Alan Cottrill of Zanesville, Ohio, sculpted the bronze statue of Edison holding up an incandescent lightbulb. Edison's statue replaces that of Ohio Governor William Allen in Statuary Hall. Ohio's second statue in the Capitol is of President James A. Garfield. – Photo by Jessica Yurinko.

Edison Joins Statuary Hall

Ohio Places Statue of Edison at the Capitol.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

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Time (EST)	Session
10:00 am	Markup: H.R. 4919 the Kevin and Avontes Law of 2016 Committee on the Judiciary:
10:00 am	Hearing: Oversight of DEAs Confidential Source Program Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
10:00 am	Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5129, H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 Committee on Natural Resources:
10:30 am	Hearing: Examining the United States Preventive Services Task Force Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health
2:00 pm	Hearing: Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program: Examining Premium Increases Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Operations

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Time	Session
8:10 P.M. -	The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on November 30, 2016.
8:10 P.M. -	On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
8:10 P.M. -	Mr. Garamendi moved that the House do now adjourn.
7:25 P.M. -	SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
7:12 P.M. -	ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
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Roll	Date	Bill	Result	Title/Description
589	11-29	H R 4757	Passed	To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligiblity for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor and are buried in private cemeteries
588	11-29	H R 5422	Passed	To ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes
587	11-17	H R 5711	Passed	To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commerical passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran
586	11-17	H R 5711	Failed	To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commerical passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran
585	11-17	H R 5982	Passed	Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016

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