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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the Whitehouse amendment to the preamble, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 263) was agreed to. The amendment (No. 2546) was agreed to, as follows: In the seventh whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``extreme weather events'' and insert ``hurricanes and storms''. In the ninth whereas clause of the preamble, insert ``some'' before ``bays in the United States''. The preamble, as amended, was agreed to. (The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.) ____________________
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Dec 11, 2013

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