Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., will be sworn in at 4 p.m. EST on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced.
Grijalva won a special election Sept. 23 to fill the vacant 7th Congressional District seat in Arizona after Rep. Raul Grijalva, her father and fellow Democrat, died March 13.
Johnson did not swear her in while the House was on an extended recess that started Sept. 19 and lasted until Wednesday amid the federal government shutdown.
Grijalva on Tuesday told CNN that she intends to confront the House speaker regarding the delay.
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