[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 79]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS

  The SPEAKER. According to precedent, the Chair will swear in the 
Members-elect en masse.
  The Members-elect will rise and raise their right hands.
  The Members-elect rose, and the Speaker administered the oath of 
office to them 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 Members of the 112th 
Congress.

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