Taking the Oath of Office

Congressman Abe Hamadeh took his oath of office as the House resumed session.

Hamadeh, an Army veteran, took his oath while honoring the life of ISIS victim Kayla Mueller by using her family’s Bible during the ceremony in Washington, D.C. He was joined by his family and Kayla's parents, Carl and Marsha Mueller.

Kayla, as noted by FOX News, “was abducted by terrorists while leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo, Syria, in 2013. She was held hostage for 18 months, when she was believed to be repeatedly tortured and raped by ISIS militants, including then-ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.”