Washington: Swearing-in ceremony for the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
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00:00The Constitution of the United States
00:12Against all enemies
00:15Foreign and domestic
00:17That I will bear true faith
00:22And allegiance to the same
00:25That I take this obligation freely
00:29Without any mental reservation
00:31Without any mental reservation
00:33Or purpose of evasion
00:34Or purpose of evasion
00:35And that I will well
00:37That I will well
00:38And faithfully discharge
00:40And faithfully discharge
00:41The duties of the office
00:42The duties of the office
00:44On which I'm about to enter
00:45On which I'm about to enter
00:46So help me God
00:48So help me God
00:48Congratulations
00:50Thank you
00:50Thank you
00:50Well thank you all very much
00:59And especially thank you
01:00Mr. President
01:01I'm really honored
01:02By your trust
01:03And confidence
01:04That you've placed in me
01:06To head the SEC
01:07But I really must say
01:09The Oval Office
01:10Has never looked better
01:12One could really describe it
01:13As glistening
01:14And I've heard stories about it
01:15And it's true
01:16It's the touch
01:17Of a confident president
01:18Leading with optimism
01:19Towards an American golden age
01:22So thank you for that
01:24And so to my wife Sarah
01:25And to our sons Stuart
01:28Peter and Henry
01:29Thank you all
01:30For your steadfast love
01:32And support
01:32I'm grateful for the sacrifices
01:34That each of you
01:35Have made to enable me
01:37To serve America
01:38And thanks to Secretary Besant
01:40For administering the oath
01:42As well
01:43But a note about my family
01:44Real quickly
01:45Today would have been
01:46My father's 114th birthday
01:49Colonel Atkins
01:50Was a veteran
01:51Of World War