[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS OF MARYLAND AS A MEMBER 
                              OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman 
from Maryland, Mr. Elijah E. Cummings, be permitted to take the oath of 
office today. His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is 
no contest, and no objection has been raised with regard to his 
election.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Maryland?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I would ask, if I might, for the 
distinguished gentlewoman from California, Nancy Pelosi, to join us, 
with the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Cummings. She is a sister of the 
former mayor of Baltimore, and a distinguished daughter of the city 
which Mr. Cummings will represent.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The distinguished gentlewoman from California [Mr. 
Pelosi] will be welcome in the well, along with the Maryland 
delegation.
  If the delegation will join the Member-elect.
  Mr. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS appeared at the bar of the House and took the 
oath of office, as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or 
purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of the office on which you are about to enter. So help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You are now a Member of the U.S. House 
of Representatives.

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