Janice Hahn sworn in as Congresswoman
Newly elected District 36 Congresswoman Janice Hahn is sworn in by Speaker of the House John Boehner Tuesday. Democratic Rep. Janice Hahn was sworn in by Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday, exactly one week after she was elected by voters to fill the House seat vacated by Jane Harman. Hahn said in an interview hours before her inauguration that jobs and the economy in the 36th Congressional District will be her top priorities. “I hope to work on my green jobs plan and transition into a green economy,” she said. “The goal of it is to create 25,000 green jobs in the district.” Hahn defeated Republican businessman Craig Huey by nine percentage points in a special election to replace Harman, who left the post to become CEO and president of the Woodrow Wilson Center. The ceremony held mixed emotions for Hahn, whose mother, Ramona Hahn, passed away the day before last Tuesday’s election. “It was a wonderful victory and profound loss,” Hahn said in her first comments from the House floor. “This is the first accomplishment I haven’t been able to share with her.’’ Hahn was accompanied at the swearing-in by her son, Danny Baucum; daughter and son-in-law, Katy and John Yates; and three…
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