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On the recordApril 23, 2015
I appreciate, as I said, the maker of this amendment. Let me be clear, I offered the very same amendment in markup. It failed on a party-line vote, and this is democracy; but a little thing that concerns me is that, when we went to the Rules Committee, my chairman gave an indication that he really didn't have a problem with the 7-year sunset. Mr. McCAUL. Will the gentleman yield on that point?
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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