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On the recordMay 19, 2015
I understand there are issues on the floor that need to be resolved and there are objections pending, but I did wish to speak to this amendment. It is an amendment I hope can either get a vote or, because of its noncontroversial, bipartisan status, perhaps can be added at a time when there is a managers' amendment or some means of dealing with noncontroversial additions to this legislation. So the objection having been made to my request, I will yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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May 19, 2015

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