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On the recordJuly 26, 2012
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 741 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 741 Resolved, That during further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, as amended, pursuant to House Resolution 783, the further amendment printed in section 2 of this resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Sec. 2. The amendment referred to in the first section of this resolution is as follows: In section 102(b), strike ``employment'' and insert ``unemployment''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized for 1 hour. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Ms. Foxx
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Virginia Foxx
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