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On the recordApril 24, 2012
I ask unanimous consent to call up my amendment No. 2058 and that it be modified with the changes at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment, as modified. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] proposes an amendment numbered 2058, as modified. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To improve access to postal services in communities potentially affected by a postal closing or consolidation) On page 40, strike lines 16 through 18 and insert the following: ``(iv) to provide postal services to the community served by the post office-- ``(I) through a rural carrier; or ``(II) by co-locating an employee of the Postal Service at a commercial or government entity; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment No. 2058, as modified, offered by the Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. Coburn. The Senator from Oklahoma.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Apr 24, 2012

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