>> and we have order in the senate please. can we have order in the senate please. senate majority leader. >> everyone to about to go out a session i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes a business today and adjourns until wednesday january 6 following the prayer and pledgeou in the time of the two leaders be reserve later in the day and then to be in a period of mourning business. >> without objection so ordered. >> no further business to come before the senate we are adjourned under the previous order. >> the senate is adjourned until wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

>> the senate is adjourned until wednesday at 12:30 p.m. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> happy new year.

>> one on and one off he will always remember what year it is. [laughter] >> is only so where you support the constitution of the united states? please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend th e constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i will. >> congratulations senator.

>> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i will. >> congratulations. >> i will thank you so much for all your support. >> i about the largest and steve daines may have brought the smallest. >> this is when we got married.

>> thank you so much. god bless. >> what the leader just did we did one with the mask on and run with a mask off and then we will keep socially distance to. do you want your granddaughter in the shot? please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swea r you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you

bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations

. [inaudible conversations] >> congratulations. >> thank you for your service. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you

bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations senator. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much.

>> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations. >> it is my honor. truly my owner. - - honor.

>> thank you. >> congratulations again. >> thank you. >> congratulations we can do one without the mask. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance

to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i said we will spend a lot of quality time together. god bless.

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[inaudible conversations] >> raise your right hand. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> leader mcconnell and others also took a picture without the mask. >> raise your right hand.

[inaudible conversations] >> i told the what happened. >> i told the what happened

[inaudible conversations] . >> take a tiny step back and then come forward. . . . . >> [inaudible conversations]

thank you. congratulations. i hope you all are as proud of your grandparents as you should be. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] karen says hi. [inaudible conversations] congratulations. >> thank you.

where's senator merkley. >> it's completely your call. they've been doing and masks on and off. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. we will take a picture.

and again. three, two, one. [inaudible conversations] congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> thank you. i will give you a couple of

options. others have done it and if you want to pose for a picture with your masks off for a second, we are appropriately distanced and then i would be happy to come over for a shot. but senator, it is your call. i will hold the book open and you can hold your hand in the air. very good. and i would like to meet the family. >> thank you so much. who is this? >> my son, michael. this is jack. i don't know if you've met us, with my nephew. >> i don't think i have.

>> will point, keep an eye out for him. [inaudible conversations] >> it's nice to meet you. great respect. >> thank you so much. >> admire your faith and who you are and appreciate the friendship. and notre dame. [laughter] >> i've had a great time and i'm looking forward to the second semester. >> it is a great school. it is my honor to do this. >> thank you so much. let's get a picture.

[inaudible conversations] i am smiling. and again. three, two, one. and last time. three, two, one. >> great. >> thank you so much. good to meet you, young man. [inaudible conversations] senator, how are you?

>> i'm good. >> congratulations. with masks or without, we are appropriately distanced, entirely your call. >> this will be historical. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> thank you.

>> now the family. this is my daughter, stacy. my granddaughter, ellie, daughter molly and her husband, steve. >> congratulations. we will get everybody set up here. perfect. all right, everybody. and again. three, two, one. thank you. >> senator, congratulations. and congratulations to your family.

charlie. >> yes sir. congratulations. >> happy new year. you've got to have them there. >> this is from world war ii. >> it looked like military issued. >> this is the bible i got when i graduated college [inaudible] so i've got mom and dad. >> i love it. that's glorious. thanks so much, both of you. people have done it both ways, with or without masks. we are distanced, so it's your decision. leader mcconnell did one with and without. >> we will do that. >> you have a good angle on the senator there? raise your right hand.

do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. you never change. you look exactly like you did. [laughter] [inaudible] who do we have? >> first up is our oldest granddaughter. >> hello, celia, i'm vice

president mike pence. very good to meet you. >> this is charlie the fourth. [inaudible] >> where are you all living? >> in town, they are in the school in town. >> right past your house. have you ever seen him come out in his car? >> by helicopter. sorry about that, sometimes we come in kind of late. [laughter] [inaudible conversations]

if you could face me. come on out. over the other shoulder, perfect. look straight. and again. three, two, one. i was smiling behind my mask. and again, three, two, one. thank you, mr. vice president. >> senator, congratulations. [inaudible] they all three got married. my youngest got married the weekend before the election.

there were about ten of us. he's a great guy, works over at the pentagon. our son is in the marine corps stationed over there with his wife, but my daughter married a navy pilot, so we have got to active duty and proud of them. >> what a beautiful family you've got. >> great to meet your kids. >> thank you. thank you so much.

congratulations. this looks historic. [inaudible conversations] glorious. gives me chills. i did eight years as an altar boy. [inaudible conversations]

[inaudible conversations] thank you for saying that. [inaudible conversations]

how do we do this, over here? >> if you raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> it's my honor. >> thanks for the kind words. we can take a quick picture if you would like. let's take a look forward. >> three, two, one. >> thank you.

>> this is the translation if you remember they translated it the first time from the latin [inaudible] to the bible of the people, so that is 1609 but then down here in philadelphia they printed it for the first time in the united states. >> very special. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> anna. i saw you up there with the kids. they did really great.

>> that little bible [inaudible] >> perfect. did you take that on the floor? >> i did. >> [inaudible] please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do.

[inaudible conversations] >> hello. nice to see you. [laughter] ready. look over here. do you want me to pick you up? >> yeah. >> three, two, one. one more time. three, two, one. >> thank you. good job. >> beautiful family.

>> congratulations. have a great day. see you, boys. >> wish we could stay and visit. [laughter] >> congratulations. [inaudible conversations] >> give me two seconds. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both

foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> and again, three, two, one. >> thank you. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> congratulations. thank you. [inaudible conversations]

congratulations to you. >> it's a privilege. [inaudible conversations] pretty close. i like reading it to be careful. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> group shot? >> and again. three, two, one. thank you. >> you got family here? great. i love it. great to meet you. adam. good to meet you. good to meet you all. >> at this this part of your staff or family? [inaudible] >> that's great. you did a great job. you make a difference. okay. are we ready?

right in over here over her shoulder. and again. three, two, one. thank you. >> senator, congratulations. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] karen says hi. >> thank you. keep up the great work. senator, good to see you.

congratulations. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. it is my honor. >> look straight ahead and we will get a picture. [inaudible] >> and again. three, two, one. thank you. do you have any family? bring them up.

[inaudible conversations] my daughter and my grandson. good to meet you. there we go. perfect.

three, two, one. and again. three, two, one. >> thank you. >> senator, congratulations. [inaudible conversations]

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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ddo you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you

will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. would you all join us. >> [inaudible conversations] if i could have you in the back come on up just a little bit.

three, two, one. great. >> thank you. i appreciate it. [inaudible conversations]

>> senator. >> congratulations. [inaudible conversations] raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you

will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations]

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i will stay over here and your whole family can be together. take a step forward together with me. and again. three, two, one. thank you. >> thank you. appreciate it. so good to meet you. congratulations. it is my pleasure. thank you.

>> happy new year. >> thank you. congratulations. [inaudible conversations] he is an f18 pilot and he is deployed right now, so he is overseas.

some have taken their masks off. entirely your call. turn a little bit that way. with your right hand raised. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. >> thank you, mr. vice president. >> bring the girls in?

>> please. my three daughters. this is megan, my oldest [inaudible] >> congratulations to you all. it is my honor to be here. thanks a lot. are you all in school right now? [inaudible conversations] >> stanford? >> took the year off. a. >> i got a scholarship -- [inaudible conversations] >> great opportunity. >> we will do a family shot. keep you on your mark there.

ladies, come forward. if the three of you could angle your bodies and then we will do one with the masks on. okay. and again. three, two, one. if you would like to take your masks off. >> and again. three, two, one. thank you. mr. vice president, thank you again, sir. >> thank you.

it's a good to see you again. did i hear that there is a future son-in-law? congratulations. >> thank you. >> he is a second lieutenant. a graduate of west point as well. she has another year and then she will graduate and they will get married. >> if i could have you turn just a little bit. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you

will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> thank you, mr. vice president. [inaudible] public office and uniform. very special. do you want to bring that young guy over here? >> good to meet you. congratulations. [inaudible conversations] we appreciate her service and both of yours.

>> absolutely. >> we will take a little family shot. >> over here and then young lady, off to the side. >> thank you. and again. three, two, one. >> thank you so much. it's my honor, senator. >> it's my honor as well. [inaudible conversations]

again i got two of my married often the last year. [inaudible conversations] senator, thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for the great work that you have done. proud to know you and what a

great job you've done. [inaudible conversations] let's do this. i will show you right where to go. some have taken their masks off for the shot and some have left them on. take your time. perfect. with your right hand raised. do you solemnly swear that you

will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. let's pose for one picture. perfect, right there. if you could raise the bible up just a little bit. and again. three, two, one. >> do we have more family here? i would love to say hi. >> this is my daughter. >> nice to meet you.

[inaudible] >> you have done a great job. thank you for all you've done for the country. >> i couldn't be more excited. do you all live in kansas? >> i live in kansas city. [inaudible conversations] >> i married a southern boy, so we are down there but i couldn't miss it, so i'm here. >> what a great day. [inaudible conversations] >> third grandson. let's take a picture and let you go celebrate. if you could face me and come forward. great. >> here we go.

and again. three, two, one. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

>> [inaudible conversations] you can take your masks off. completely your decision.

please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that he will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> thank you. turn this way for a quick picture. can you take a step forward, please? and again. three, two, one. great. >> we've got some family over

here? >> [inaudible] >> is that right? it's great to meet you. what's your name? >> tucker. >> george. >> great to meet you both. congratulations. >> it's great to be here. [inaudible conversations] where do you all live? >> i live in new york city.

[inaudible conversations] >> let's take a picture. i will stand over here. senator. let's get a good family shot. >> if you could stay on your mark. great. perfect. and again. three, two, one. thank you. >> thank you. >> hope to see you soon. all the best.

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with your right hand raised. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. >> very honored. >> it's a great honor. >> and again. three, two, one.

>> [inaudible] >> i will never forget when you told me that a few years ago. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> god bless you. thank you. it means the world. >> senator, come on over. how are you? >> very well. how are you doing? >> wonderful. congratulations.

>> [inaudible] i don't remember. it's been six years. >> slide in. lower. >> do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you will 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? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. >> is my great honor. >> thank you. >> we will take a picture. you can take your masks off if you would like to. >> and again.

three, two, one. >> thank you. do you have family? >> [inaudible] we are mostly hanging james people. >> good to meet you. [inaudible conversations]

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that's exciting. my son david a littl did a littt in dc. [inaudible conversations] >> i am a junior in high school right now. >> well congratulations to your whole family. and again. three, two, one.

thank you. >> congratulations. >> it's an honor. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

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>> we will take a sure. - - a quick picture smile and are there. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

[laughter] >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god.

>> i do. >> congratulations senator. please forward and take a picture. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations]

>> senator congratulations. >> it is my honor. >> thank you. it means a lot. >> with that way for the

picture. raise your hand. >> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations senator.

>> take care. >> thank you everybody. take care. >> congratulations. [laughter]

>> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations senator. >> now we can take a picture

congratulations is a great first impression that's very impressive. >> i work at beavercreek actually and then i will head off to college and go to stanford. >> congratulations. >> my son is stationed in arizona and her husband - - in my daughter, her husband is in california. >> we tried.

>> indiana and iowa colorado. >> those midwesterners. [laughter] >> it's true. >> here we go. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> much success.

>> what a great day. >> congratulations. >> the same bible that we used

to swear. >> i but a sharpie. >> i but a sharpie. [inaudible conversations]

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>> please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and allegiance to the same; do 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 upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> i will. >> congratulations editor.

>> thank you mr. vice president. >> the kids can come over and stand with you come over here. perfect. thank you. >> best regards to your family. >> congratulations.

>> thank you. >> i will. i will. >> mark, good to see my friend. congratulations. >> take care.

>> what did bush call you? >> he could already be in the motorcade. [laughter] [laughter]