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“There is nothing that ICE says that you should believe, and anything they say you should doubt immediately.”
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On the recordDecember 19, 2012
I further ask the committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time, and the Senate immediately proceed to a voice vote on passage of the bill as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the bill as amended. The bill (S. 2318), as amended, was passed.
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Democratic · Oregon
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