On Monday the House and Senate certified the victory of President-elect Donald Trump in an undramatic and entirely routine joint session of Congress, returning to a tradition of peacefully transferring power between U.S presidential administrations after it was interrupted for the first time in history in 2021.

The procedural counting of votes was overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris in her role as President of the Senate. The certification started shortly after 1 p.m. and concluded about half-an-hour later without any disruption or attempts to subvert the regular process.

Ahead of the joint session, Harris said her “duty is a sacred obligation” driven by “love of country, loyalty to our Constitution, and unwavering faith in the American people.”

“Today, I did what I have done my entire career, which is take seriously the oath that I have taken many times to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, which included, today, performing my constitutional duties to ensure that the people of America, the voters of America will have their votes counted, that those votes matter, and that they will determine, then, the outcome of an election,” Harris said after the joint session.

Trump used his Truth Social to call the occasion a “big moment in history.”

This year’s electoral vote count stands in stark contrast to the previous election, when a mob of violent Trump supporters attempted to halt the certification of his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden.

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark said that on January 6, 2021, “a violent insurrection struck at the very core of our democracy,” but that on Monday lawmakers had a responsibility to “honor the will of the people and the rule of law” by certifying the 2024 election results.

“On this solemn anniversary, I urge my colleagues to remember why we were sent to Washington. While the path ahead may be challenging, we must work together to meet the needs of our constituents and build the future our children deserve,” she said in a statement.

According to the Department of Justice, in the nearly four years which followed the storming of the U.S. Capitol, “more than 1,572 individuals have been charged in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol, including more than 590 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, a felony.”