The ceremony ended a seven-week standoff with House Speaker Mike Johnson that left Grijalva unable to fully represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional District in Washington.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) swore in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday, more than a month after she was elected to fill the House seat. The ceremony, which occurred at around 4 p.m. on

Fifty days after winning her late father’s seat in Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn in. The Tucson Democrat immediately attacked Speaker Mike Johnson, calling the unprecedented delay an "abuse of power.

Arizona’s newest congresswoman has been waiting nearly two months to take the oath of office — and waiting, it seems, on House Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat from Tucson,

Adelita Grijalva says Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to delay her swearing-in has completely backfired. In her view, it’s given her more attention and a bigger platform than she could have built on her own.