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Paul Tonko: I understand the Homeland Security Committee marked up this bill 12 weeks ago--that it passed on a straight party line…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
I understand the Homeland Security Committee marked up this bill 12 weeks ago--that it passed on a straight party line vote with no Republicans supporting it.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko discusses the partisan nature of the bill's passage in the Homeland Security Committee.

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