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On the recordAugust 2, 2022
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 734. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 734) to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for grants in support of training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse among primary and secondary school students. The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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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