[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 1 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE

  The VICE PRESIDENT. If the Senators to be sworn will now present 
themselves at the desk in groups of four as their names are called in 
alphabetical order, the Chair will administer their oaths of office.
  The clerk will read the names of the first group.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, 
Mr. Brown, and Mr. Byrd.
  These Senators, escorted by Mr. Reid, Mr. Domenici, former Senator 
Glenn, and Mr. Rockefeller, respectively, advanced to the desk of the 
Vice President, the oath prescribed by law was administered to them by 
the Vice President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the 
Official Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will read the names of the next group.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, 
Mr. Carper, and Mr. Casey.
  These Senators, escorted by Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Biden, and 
Mr. Specter, respectively, advanced to the desk of the Vice President, 
the oath prescribed by law was administered to them by the Vice 
President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the Official 
Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will read the names of the next group.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Conrad, 
Mr. Corker, and Mr. Ensign.
  These Senators, escorted by Mr. Schumer, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Frist, and 
Mr. Reid, respectively, advanced to the desk of the Vice President, the 
oath prescribed by law was administered to them by the Vice President, 
and they severally subscribed to the oath in the Official Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will read the names of the next group 
of Senators.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hatch, 
Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. Kennedy.
  These Senators, escorted by Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Cornyn, and 
Mr. Kerry, respectively, advanced to the desk of the Vice President, 
the oath prescribed by law was administered to them by the Vice 
President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the Official 
Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will read the next group of Senators.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, 
Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Lieberman.
  These Senators, escorted by Mr. Coleman, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Feingold, 
Mr. McCain, and Mr. Dodd, respectively, advanced to the desk of the 
Vice President, the oath prescribed by law was administered to them by 
the Vice President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the 
Official Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the names of the next group 
of Senators.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mrs. 
McCaskill, and Mr. Menendez.
  These Senators, escorted by Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bond, Mrs. 
Carnahan, and Mr. Lautenberg, respectively, advanced to the desk of the 
Vice President, the oath prescribed by law was administered to them by 
the Vice President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the 
Official Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the names of the next group 
of Senators.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Snowe.
  These Senators, escorted by Mr. Martinez, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
Leahy, and Ms. Collins, respectively, advanced to the desk of the Vice 
President, the oath prescribed by law was administered to them by the 
Vice President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the 
Official Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the names of the next group 
of Senators.
  The legislative clerk called the names of Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, 
Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Webb.
  These Senators, escorted by Mr. Levin, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Melcher, Mr. 
Enzi, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Warner, respectively, advanced to the desk of 
the Vice President, the oath prescribed by law was administered to them 
by the Vice President, and they severally subscribed to the oath in the 
Official Oath Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the names of the last group 
of Senators.
  The legislative clerk called the name of Mr. Whitehouse.
  This Senator, escorted by Mr. Reed, advanced to the desk of the Vice 
President, the oath prescribed by law was administered to him by the 
Vice President, and he subscribed to the oath in the Official Oath 
Book.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Congratulations.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)

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