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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I appreciate the remarks of my friend from the other side. You can see that this is a bipartisan bill, and no wonder.…

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
I appreciate the remarks of my friend from the other side. You can see that this is a bipartisan bill, and no wonder. When my friend was in the majority, a similar bill was supported banning smoking. This is as quintessentially a bipartisan bill as one could have in the House, and I very much appreciate the remarks of my friend. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Takano). The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2726. The question was taken. The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Dec 16, 2019

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