[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) 
come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
  Mr. SMITH of Texas led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

       I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of 
     America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation 
     under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.




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