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David Schweikert: I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted nay on rollcall No. 543. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

On the recordSeptember 25, 2019
I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted nay on rollcall No. 543. PERSONAL EXPLANATION
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Sep 25, 2019

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