[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7997-7998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE STEVE SCALISE, OF LOUISIANA, AS A MEMBER 
                              OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. McCRERY. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
gentleman from Louisiana, the Honorable Steve Scalise, be permitted to 
take the oath of office today.
  His certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest 
and no question has been raised with regard to his election.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Louisiana?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will the Representative-elect and the members of the 
Louisiana delegation present themselves in the well.
  Mr. Scalise 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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