[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H12178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT S. WALKER AS SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE 
                     DURING ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from New York [Mr. 
Solomon] please come to the well of the House and administer the oath 
of office.
  Mr. WALKER took the oath of office administered to him by the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon], 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.

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