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On the recordJanuary 4, 2017
With that understanding, I suggest the absence of a quorum, with the time divided equally between the two sides. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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