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On the recordJuly 9, 2014
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1216. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1216) to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the ``Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center.'' There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jul 9, 2014

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