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On the recordDecember 20, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, with no intervening action or debate and that any related statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 4053) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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