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Jamie Raskin: “I fervently hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle--indeed, every Member of the House of…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2022
I fervently hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle--indeed, every Member of the House of Representatives--will rise to support this bill, the successor to our 2017 bipartisan bill and the successor to the bill that then- Congressman, now-Vice President Mike Pence navigated to victory in the House on a vote of 398-21 15 years ago. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her indulgence.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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Sep 19, 2022

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