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On the recordJune 30, 2010
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 442, H.R. 5481, a bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling; that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. This is legislation that passed the House 420 to 1. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. DeMINT. Madam President, on behalf of other members of the Republican Conference, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from New Hampshire.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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