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Alex Padilla: “If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the…”

On the recordMay 10, 2022
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:47 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 10 a.m. ____________________
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California
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May 10, 2022

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