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Alan Grayson: “This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill…”

On the recordJune 3, 2015
This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill considered under an open rule during the 113th and 114th Congresses. My amendment would expand the list of parties with whom the Federal Government is prohibited from contracting due to serious misconduct on the part of that contractor. It is my hope that this amendment will be noncontroversial, as it always has been, and again passed unanimously by the House. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Grayson). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Fitzpatrick
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Alan Grayson
Florida
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Jun 3, 2015

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