For Immediate Release

January 4, 2007

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110th Congress Takes Office
House of Representatives Assemble on Capitol Hill

Washington, DC -- I, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

With these words, the Members of the 110th Congress took the oath of office today – marking 218 years of uninterrupted elected national government under the U.S. Constitution.

The House of Representatives proceeded to elect its officers:

-Speaker – Hon. Nancy Pelosi (California)
-Majority Leader – Hon. Steny Hoyer (Maryland)
-Republican Leader – Hon. John Boehner (Ohio)
-Majority Whip – Hon. James E. Clyburn (South Carolina)
-Republican Whip – Hon. Roy Blunt (Missouri)
-Clerk – Hon. Karen Lehman Haas
-Sergeant at Arms – Hon. Wilson S. Livingood
-Chief Administrative Officer – Hon. James M. Eagan, III
-Chaplain – Hon. Daniel P. Coughlin