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Chris Smith: “It passed 413 to 2. It's sitting over in the Senate now for six months and I can't get it out on the floor for a vote.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
It passed 413 to 2. It's sitting over in the Senate now for six months and I can't get it out on the floor for a vote.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith expresses frustration over the Senate's inaction on the organ harvesting bill.

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