[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13664-13665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE MARK AMODEI, OF NEVADA, AND THE HONORABLE 
            BOB TURNER, OF NEW YORK, AS MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE

  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman 
from Nevada, the Honorable Mark

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Amodei, 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 gentlewoman 
from Nevada?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman 
from New York, the Honorable Bob Turner, be permitted to take the oath 
of office today.
  His certificate of election has not arrived, but I am not aware of 
any reason why the House should not see him sworn today.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will the Representatives-elect and the members of their 
respective delegations present themselves in the well.
  The Representatives-elect will please raise their right hands.
  Mr. AMODEI and Mr. TURNER appeared at the bar of the House and took 
the oath of office, 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 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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