[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE JASON T. SMITH, OF MISSOURI, AS A MEMBER 
                              OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman 
from Missouri, the Honorable Jason T. Smith, 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 
Missouri?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Will Representative-elect Smith and the members of the 
Missouri delegation please present themselves in the well of the House.
  All Members will rise and Representative-elect Smith will please 
raise his right hand.
  Mr. Jason T. Smith 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 113th 
Congress.

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