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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, while it may sound like a mundane problem, the underlying need for this bill is anything but that. We owe it to these courageous men and women who leave behind families and friends to spend months in space to cut through the red tape and take care of them upon their return. Mr. Speaker, 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. 272. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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