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Ed Markey: “Could the Chair tell me how much time we have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 30 seconds…”

On the recordMay 11, 2011
Could the Chair tell me how much time we have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 30 seconds remaining. The gentleman from Alaska has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Alaska has the right to close.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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May 11, 2011

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