[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 30645]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE JOE BACA OF CALIFORNIA AS A MEMBER OF THE 
                                 HOUSE

  The SPEAKER. Will the Member-elect from California (Mr. Baca) come 
forward, accompanied by the California delegation, and raise your right 
hand?
  Mr. Baca 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 the true faith and allegiance to the same; 
that you will 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 House of 
Representatives.

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