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On the recordJune 24, 2021
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from H.R. 2441 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2441) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to assess certain mental health care resources of the Department of Veterans Affairs available to veterans who live in rural areas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the measure? There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 24, 2021

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