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On the recordJune 17, 2021
I want to thank the Senator from Alaska for her heartfelt remarks. There are innocent people who are victims of domestic violence whose fate depends on what we do right here and now. This is an important budgetary debate that the Senator from Pennsylvania is raising. I ask, please don't use these people in this desperate situation as a pressure point. Let's try to reconcile this on a rational basis without jeopardizing them. As if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1652, which was received from the House and is at the desk; further, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). Is there objection? The Senator from Pennsylvania.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 17, 2021

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