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On the recordMay 6, 2024
I urge Members to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill honoring an American leader. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. LaTurner) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3354. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. ____________________
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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