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On the recordJuly 7, 2016
Well, Mr. Speaker, they could be entertained, if the gentleman from Alabama would simply agree to them. We actually have a forthcoming unanimous consent request. I would hope, Mr. Speaker, that you are willing to pose it to the gentleman from Alabama to see if he would, in fact, agree to what I think is a very reasonable request, to bring forward a bipartisan bill. I am glad to yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) for the purpose of just such a unanimous consent request.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado

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