[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H364-H365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE GREGORY W. MEEKS, OF NEW YORK, AS A MEMBER 
                              OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman 
from New York, Mr. Gregory W. Meeks, 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 gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks), the 
Member-elect, along with the Members of the New York delegation come 
forward and will the Members please stand.
  Mr. MEEKS 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 now a Member of the Congress of 
the United States.

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