Newly elected Representative Janice Hahn was sworn in yesterday at the Capitol. Rep. Hahn will represent California's 36th Congressional District which is located in the southern part of the state. She won in a special election last week to replace Jane Harman, who retired from Congress to become the director of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Rep. Hahn is joined above at her swearing in ceremony by her daughter, Katy, and her two grandchildren, Josiah and Brooklyn.
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