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Bill Lee: “We are trying to get a vote. This got a vote in 2012. It received 67 votes from people of both parties, votes from some…”

On the recordJune 9, 2016
We are trying to get a vote. This got a vote in 2012. It received 67 votes from people of both parties, votes from some Members--including at least one person whom you may be thinking of who has objections to it now. We need this to get a vote. If we are voting on other amendments, which we should be doing, this should get a vote. Nobody has explained to me why this should not at a minimum receive a vote. If somebody doesn't like this, fine, let them vote against it. But we should have a vote on this because this is relevant to the National Defense Authorization Act. It was the National Defense Authorization Act passed in 2011 that was the vehicle for enacting this into law.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Jun 9, 2016

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