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On the recordJune 12, 2019
Read the plain language of the amendment. It decreases an amount, and it increases an amount. That is all it does. It doesn't increase funding for firearm violence. If the gentleman were so interested in doing more, more research, he could have increased the amount. He didn't increase the amount. At 1 o'clock in the morning, we are talking about a do-nothing amendment instead of bringing a supplemental bill to the floor that funds the care of children at our border that has been rejected by the majority time and time again. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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Andy Harris
Republican · Maryland

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