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On the recordJuly 30, 2014
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise to bring up H.R. 851, the Bring Jobs Home Act. Surely, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Florida would want to yield time for that-- to jump-start the middle class--instead of this partisan, pointless lawsuit attacking the President of the United States. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands that the gentleman from Florida has not yielded time for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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