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On the recordSeptember 20, 2012
I understand there is a bill at the desk. I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3607) to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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