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On the recordNovember 7, 2013
There are two staff members on my team who have labored on this whom I wish to personally acknowledge: Scott Rosenthal, who carried this organizational responsibility for a number of years, and my legislative director Jeremiah Bowman, who provided over these last few months this critical organizing stage. I look forward to this vote for liberty, this vote for freedom, this vote for opportunity, and this vote for a fairer and just America. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, Shall the bill (S. 815), as amended, pass?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Nov 7, 2013

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