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On the recordMarch 17, 2021
I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 1276), as amended, was passed.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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