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On the recordJuly 31, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be discharged from further consideration of S. 2052 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2052) to authorize the honorary promotion of Colonel Charles E. McGee to brigadier general in the United States Air Force. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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