[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 35]
[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 115th 
Congress.

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