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On the recordOctober 7, 2013
Doesn't this bill before us fund a portion of the Federal Government? My motion to recommit would open the entire Federal Government so that all the consumer protections that our Nation provides are guaranteed. We need to open up not just food safety, but we also need to open up the Centers for Disease Control. We need to open up consumer hotlines. Can the Chair explain why it is not germane to open up all the Nation's consumer protections? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman have argument confined to the point of order?
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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