PHOENIX — The delay that has kept newly elected U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva from taking office could soon come to an end.

After sharp critiques from Grijalva as well as other Democrats, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican, said he will swear her in next week.

“Well, the House is not on the floor doing business this week, but we will do it immediately early next week as soon as everyone returns to town,” Johnson told CBS Mornings on Thursday. “We have to have everybody here and we’ll swear her in.”

The exact date of the ceremony has not been announced.

Why hasn’t Adelita Grijalva been sworn into Congress?

No official reason has been given for the delay in Grijalva’s swearing in, although the southern Arizona Democrat and some of her colleagues have said it is due to Grijalva

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