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Mary Gay Scanlon: I would just remind our colleagues we are here today to talk about a rule to bring the Protecting Our Democracy Act to…

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
I would just remind our colleagues we are here today to talk about a rule to bring the Protecting Our Democracy Act to the floor. That is a bill that would prevent criminal behavior by Presidents, not by illegal aliens, so I would just kind of redirect the conversation there. We are also here to engage in the extremely important business of passing the National Defense Authorization Act and to help the Senate, since they are having difficulty on their own, to raise the debt limit. That is what we are here to discuss. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Dec 7, 2021

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