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Jared Polis: “Again, while the majority is claiming this to be an open rule, the very passage of the rule itself deems passed the…”

On the recordJune 1, 2011
Again, while the majority is claiming this to be an open rule, the very passage of the rule itself deems passed the Republican budget that ends Medicare. That will not be amendable in any way, shape, or form in the general debate. All that will be amendable are provisions relating to the Department of Homeland Security. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland, the ranking member of the Budget Committee, Mr. Van Hollen.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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Jun 1, 2011

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