[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 176 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H7714-H7715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE KATHERINE M. CLARK, OF MASSACHUSETTS, AS A 
                          MEMBER OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman 
from Massachusetts, the Honorable Katherine M. Clark, 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 gentleman from 
Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will Representative-elect Clark and the members of the 
Massachusetts delegation present themselves in the well.
  All Members will rise and the Representative-elect will please raise 
her right hand.
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts 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

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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 113th 
Congress.

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