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On the recordMay 7, 2010
I ask unanimous consent that the Cantwell substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements be printed in the Record without further intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 3912) was agreed to. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill (H.R. 3619) was read the third time and passed. ____________________
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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