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On the recordFebruary 6, 2024
If my Republican colleagues were serious about the border, then they would drop this baseless impeachment and bring up the Senate's bipartisan border agreement for debate. Be that as it may, they aren't serious about reform. Speaker Johnson made it clear that the bill was dead on arrival before he saw the text of the bill. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Ramirez).
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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