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On the recordJanuary 10, 2024
We have 20 minutes remaining, and we have about 12 people who are sitting here, so I hope our colleagues are mindful of that. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), who has more than 98,000 Social Security recipients in her district who receive more than $143 million monthly in that district, as we indicated just how vitally important Social Security is as an economic development plan as well. {time} 1700
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John Larson
Democratic · Connecticut

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