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On the recordOctober 17, 2011
Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Murray, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendment No. 772. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], for Mrs. Murray, proposes an amendment numbered 772 to amendment No. 738. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To strike a section providing for certain exemptions from environmental requirements for the reconstruction of highway facilities damaged by natural disasters or emergencies) Strike section 128 of division C. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
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