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On the recordMarch 24, 2017
Mr. Speaker, we always want to score a touchdown. Sometimes we take a field goal. What we don't want to do today is take a safety. Vote for this bill. Let's send it to the other body and continue to work to improve it. It is a good bill. Please vote ``yes.''
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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