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Sheila Jackson Lee: I was unavoidably detained at the White House. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 508, ``nay.''

On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
I was unavoidably detained at the White House. Had I been present, I would have voted: Rollcall No. 508, ``nay.''
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Sep 14, 2016

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