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On the recordJuly 11, 2013
Will you declare, Mr. Speaker, what the interpretation is for excessiveness? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will judge each statement as to its simple declarative nature.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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