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                          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

  The President pro tempore 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.

  The VICE PRESIDENT. Leader Schumer.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I would like to welcome our Chaplain back. We are glad 
he is with us and in good health. And I wish him and all of us a happy 
new year.
  (Applause, Senators rising.)

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