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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
I would hope that we could bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on former Iraqi translators for the United States, like Faud Shareef, who was cleared to settle in Nashville, Tennessee, along with his family, but stopped before he could board his flight and sent back to harm's way in Iraq. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's time has expired.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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