House speaker signals he could finally swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva

With Congress making progress towards ending the government shutdown, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva could be sworn into office at some point this week.

Grijalva won a special election seven weeks ago to replace her late father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, in Arizona’s Congressional District 7 but has yet to be officially sworn into office.

Grijalva told KJZZ she still hasn’t communicated directly with Speaker Mike Johnson about when he will swear her in.

“I’ve had no direct communication with Speaker Johnson,” she said in a text message.

But, in a statement, she said she is travelling to Washington, D.C., after hearing from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries that Johnson plans to swear her in as lawmakers consider a new proposal to reopen the government.

A spokesman for the speaker indicated that is the case.

“This isn’t anything new. The speaker has said all along that he plans to swear in Rep. Elect Grijalva when Democrats vote to reopen the government,” spokesman Griffin Neal said in an email.