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              COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from 
the Speaker:

                                                  January 7, 2020.
     Hon. Collin C. Peterson,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Peterson: This letter is to advise you that 
     Representative Jefferson Van Drew's election to the Committee 
     on Agriculture has been automatically vacated pursuant to 
     clause 5(b) of rule X effective today.
           Best regards,
                                                     Nancy Pelosi,
     Speaker of the House.

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