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On the recordMay 17, 2012
I have a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar No. 400, S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. Harry Reid, Jeff Bingaman, Joseph I. Lieberman, Amy Klobuchar, Patty Murray, Mark Begich, Richard Blumenthal, Ben Nelson, Patrick J. Leahy, Kent Conrad, Tim Johnson, Sherrod Brown, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, John F. Kerry, Daniel K. Akaka, Tom Harkin.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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May 17, 2012

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