[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 23]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS

  The SPEAKER. According to the precedents, the Chair will swear in all 
Members of the House at this time.
  If the Members will rise, the Chair will now administer the oath of 
office.
  The Members-elect and Delegates-elect and the Resident Commissioner-
elect rose, and the Speaker administered the oath of office to them 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 or 
purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the 
duties of office on which you are about to enter. So help you God.
  The SPEAKER. Congratulations, you are now Members of the 107th 
Congress.

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