[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H29]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORIZING THE SPEAKER OR HIS DEPUTY TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE 
                     TO THE HONORABLE JULIA CARSON

  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 
11) and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 11

       Whereas, Julia Carson, a Representative-elect from the 
     Tenth District of the State of Indiana, has been unable from 
     illness to appear in person to be sworn as a Member of the 
     House, and there being no contest or question as to her 
     election: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Speaker, or deputy named by him, is 
     hereby authorized to administer the oath of office to the 
     Honorable Julia Carson at Indianapolis, Indiana, and that 
     such oath be accepted and received by the House as the oath 
     of office of the Honorable Julia Carson.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the provisions of House 
Resolution 11, 105th Congress, the Chair announces the Speaker's 
appointment of the Honorable S. Hugh Dillon, Federal District Court 
Judge, to administer the oath of office to the Honorable Julia Carson.

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