[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE DONALD M. PAYNE, JR., OF NEW JERSEY, AS A 
                          MEMBER OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
the gentleman from New Jersey, the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr., 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 
New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will Representative-elect Payne and the members of the 
New Jersey delegation present themselves in the well.
  All Members will rise and the Representative-elect will please raise 
his right hand.
  Mr. Payne 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 a Member of the 112th 
Congress.

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