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On the recordJuly 22, 2013
As I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. 1542 today. Enactment of this measure will strengthen the partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and our Nation's first preventers against one of the most vexing homeland security threats, weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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