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Adam Smith: “All I was going to say is that the voice vote in our committee was not overwhelming. I am the one who called the voice…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2019
All I was going to say is that the voice vote in our committee was not overwhelming. I am the one who called the voice vote, and it was my sense that the amendment was agreed to in the committee, but it was not overwhelming. There was a large number of members of the Armed Services Committee who supported the proposal that Mr. Blumenauer is now making.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington
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Jul 11, 2019

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