[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. 
Ballenger] come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
  Mr. BALLENGER led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

  I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and 
to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, 
with liberty and justice for all.

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