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Drew Ferguson: One final thing. Leader Hoyer made an announcement this summer that we were going to try to close votes in a timely…

On the recordSeptember 22, 2022
One final thing. Leader Hoyer made an announcement this summer that we were going to try to close votes in a timely fashion. As we have just seen, it is virtually impossible to do it with proxy voting because these four votes took almost 2 hours to complete. Given that the business community is getting back to normal, we are seeing workers return to work. We are seeing businesses return to normal operations, and given that the President proclaimed that the pandemic is over, does the gentleman also expect to end proxy voting next week when the current covered period ends?
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Drew Ferguson
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Sep 22, 2022

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