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Sheldon Whitehouse: “I now ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object…”

On the recordApril 24, 2013
I now ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S2979, April 24, 2013, the Record reads: . . . under the provisions of rule IV, I object . . . The online Record has been corrected to read: . . . under the provisions of rule XIV, I object . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive a second reading on the next legislative day. ____________________
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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govinfo.gov
Apr 24, 2013

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