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On the recordJanuary 20, 2018
Mr. Speaker, I am stretching the parliamentary inquiry, the nature of this, but did the Speaker hear Mr. Meadows objecting to my unanimous consent request? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The request was not even entertained.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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