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On the recordJuly 7, 2016
Again, I know that the previous Speaker pro tempore had posed that question some time ago; but I was hoping, by this point, the gentleman from Alabama would have been moved to change his position. I am not going to ask every single time, but I would appreciate if the Chair would pose that question to the gentleman from Alabama about whether he would be willing to accept the most recent unanimous consent request of the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) to save lives. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado may yield to the gentleman from Alabama for a response.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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Jul 7, 2016

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