PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The SPEAKER pro tempore . Will the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell.) come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mr. BOSWELL led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
MARYLAND, AS A MEMBER OF
THE HOUSEMr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentlewoman from Maryland, the Honorable Donna Edwards, be permitted to take the oath of office today.
Her certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to her election.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER. Will Representative-elect Edwards and the members of the Maryland delegation present themselves in the well.
Ms. Edwards of Maryland appeared at the bar of the house and took the oath of office, 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 and 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 110th Congress.
DONNA EDWARDS TO THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES[Welcoming speeches follow.]
[Initial speech of new Representative follows.]
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of rule XX, the Chair announces to the House that, in light of the administration of the oath of office to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Edwards), the whole number of the House is 435.
OATH OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS
The oath of office required by the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States, and as provided by section 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Stat. 22), to be administered to Members, Resident Commissioner, and Delegates or the House of Representatives, the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. 3331:
"I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I 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 and 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.
has been subscribed to in person and filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the House of Representatives by the following Member of the 110th Congress, pursuant to Public Law 412 of the 80th Congress entitled "An act to amend section 30 of the Revised Statues of
