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On the recordJuly 22, 2010
I find it not a very productive endeavor to anticipate what the United States Senate will do. I have been so disappointed so often on that speculation that I am not going to enter into such speculation today. However, I will tell the gentleman, as I have said some weeks running now, that it is my intention that we will have a bill pass this House and pass the Senate, for that matter, that funds the troops prior to our leaving for our August break.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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govinfo.gov
Jul 22, 2010

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The speaker discusses the uncertainty of Senate actions and the intention to pass a funding bill for troops.

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