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On the recordDecember 11, 2015
Yes, Mr. Speaker. Given all the injustices promoted by this conference report, I am strongly opposed to it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Doggett moves to recommit the conference report on the bill H.R. 644 to the committee on conference with instructions to the managers on the part of the House to-- (1) disagree to subsections (b) and (e) of section 914 of the conference substitute recommended by the committee of conference; and (2) insist on sections 701 through 706 of the Senate amendment to the bill as passed the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion is not debatable. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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Dec 11, 2015

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