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Paul Tonko: I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 66.

On the recordJanuary 30, 2017
I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 66.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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govinfo.gov
Jan 30, 2017

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