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On the recordJune 21, 2017
I want to thank my friend from Florida for his support for this sensible amendment, and I hope that we can proceed. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Beyer). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Carbajal The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Carbajal) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 171, noes 243, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 314] AYES--171 Adams Aguilar Barragan Bass Beatty Bera Beyer Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Brown (MD) Brownley (CA) Bustos Butterfield Capuano Carbajal Cardenas Carson (IN) Cartwright Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu, Judy Cicilline Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly Conyers Cooper Correa Courtney Crist Crowley Cuellar Davis (CA) Davis, Danny DeGette Delaney DeLauro DelBene Demings DeSaulnier Deutch Dingell Doggett Doyle, Michael F.…
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Don Beyer
Democratic · Virginia
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Jun 21, 2017

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