[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10578-10579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE TOM GRAVES, OF GEORGIA, AS A MEMBER OF THE 
                                 HOUSE

  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
gentleman from Georgia, the Honorable Tom Graves, 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 
Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will Representative-elect Graves and the members of the 
Georgia delegation present themselves in the well.
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia 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 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 111th 
Congress.

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