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Martha Roby: On behalf of our side of the aisle, I would encourage all of you to come tonight. We are going to beat cancer. More…

On the recordJune 15, 2016
On behalf of our side of the aisle, I would encourage all of you to come tonight. We are going to beat cancer. More importantly, we are going to beat the press. Although, they are not up there, so they must be intimidated. Every person in this room has been affected by cancer, so I would just encourage you to come. This is a great bipartisan effort for a great cause, and we would love to have all of you out there cheering us on to beat the press and beat cancer. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Curbelo of Florida). Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Martha Roby
Alabama
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Jun 15, 2016

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