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Mike Levin: “I simply want to say to the gentleman from Texas he will have to go home, if he votes ``no,'' and give an explanation…”

On the recordJune 29, 2010
I simply want to say to the gentleman from Texas he will have to go home, if he votes ``no,'' and give an explanation why he voted ``no'' when 113,000 residents of the State of Texas will have lost unemployment benefits by the end of this week without the enactment of this bill; 113,000.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Jun 29, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is addressing the impact of a bill on unemployment benefits in Texas.

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