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On the recordMarch 17, 2016
I appreciate his wishes of good luck, and I hope they result in many Maryland victories. I appreciate that. Mr. Speaker, obviously, we don't have a difference on objectives. And yes, the gentleman from Wisconsin did walk across yesterday, yesterday. The Puerto Rican bankruptcy challenge has been confronting us for more than two-thirds of a year. This is not something new. Zika is new, but Puerto Rico's bankruptcy challenge is not new. So I am simply saying, Mr. Speaker, that these are matters of urgency, of crisis, and we believe that we ought to work on those. We believe working together, as the majority leader said, we can get that done, and we would hope that we would do so. Unless the majority leader wants to say something further, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 17, 2016

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