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On the recordOctober 31, 2019
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (At the request of Mr. Schumer, the following statement was ordered to be printed in the Record.) <bullet> Ms. HARRIS. Mr. President, on October 30, 2019, I was not present for the vote on S.J. Res. 52, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to ``State Relief and Empowerment Waivers.'' If I were present, I would have voted yes.<bullet> ____________________
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