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Melvin Watt: Would the Speaker explain to the House why that is the case. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Any request that is accompanied by…

On the recordJuly 11, 2013
Would the Speaker explain to the House why that is the case. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Any request that is accompanied by remarks that are in the nature of debate is charged, not the unanimous consent request itself, but the remarks that follow the unanimous consent request that are in the nature of debate.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina
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Jul 11, 2013

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