[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H10830-H10831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE MARCIA FUDGE, OF OHIO, AS A MEMBER OF THE 
                                 HOUSE

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
gentlewoman from Ohio, the Honorable Marcia Fudge, be permitted to take 
the oath of office today.
  Her certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest 
and no question has been raised with regard to her election.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman 
from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will Representative-elect Fudge and the members of the 
Ohio delegation present themselves in the well.
  Ms. Fudge appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of 
office, as follows:
  Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against

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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 110th 
Congress.

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