[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SWEARING IN OF HON. RICHARD K. ARMEY AS SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE DURING 
                         ABSENCE OF THE SPEAKER

  The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) come forward 
and take the oath of office.
  Mr. ARMEY took the oath of office administered to him by the Speaker, 
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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