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Janice Schakowsky: “I don't know how the gentlewoman got to children in mines from an amendment that says that any kind of addition to…”

On the recordJune 13, 2023
I don't know how the gentlewoman got to children in mines from an amendment that says that any kind of addition to manufacturing a gas stove, including lead, which the gentlewoman did not respond to, would be a danger. I oppose this amendment. I think it is very harmful. It has nothing to do with many of the scenarios that were just illuminated or not, and I think that it is very important that we vote down this very dangerous amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Mast). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 13, 2023

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