[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 135 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8301]
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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