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On the recordJuly 27, 2021
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1002 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1002) to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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