[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 77 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE EARL BLUMENAUER, OF OREGON, AS A MEMBER OF 
                               THE HOUSE

  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman 
from Oregon, Mr. Earl Blumenauer, be permitted to take the oath of 
office today. His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is 
no contest, and no question has been raised with regard to his 
election.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Missouri?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will the Member-elect and the Oregon delegation present 
themselves.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER 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 a Member of the Congress of the 
United States.

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