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On the recordNovember 18, 2015
I want to thank the ranking member, Congresswoman Waters, for her diligence on this committee. She serves as a model for all of us in her vigor and fervor for making sure that we are not discriminating against average Americans. All of us agree that nothing we do should be about discriminating or adding to the effects of discrimination. I ask for support of this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. Sewell). The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule the committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Byrne) having assumed the chair, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1737) to nullify certain guidance of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and to provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau with respect to indirect auto lending, and, pursuant to House Resolution 526, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros. The amendments were agreed to.…
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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