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On the recordMay 18, 2016
Make no mistake about it: a vote against this motion is a vote to continue flying the Confederate battle flag and allow discrimination at a military college. I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney), my good friend.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina
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May 18, 2016

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