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On the recordJune 14, 2021
Where are your party's priorities in defunding the police, defunding our military? Put this legislation on the floor. Don't try to put it in one sentence, one sentence in a rule. We are 3\1/2\ months from a government shutdown, 3\1/2\ months. Let's pass a budget, a budget that was supposed to be passed by April 15, according to the law. April 15. Let's prevent this government shutdown. But yet, Madam Speaker, your side is trying to hide $1.5 trillion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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