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Doc Hastings: “If we defeat the previous question, I am going to offer an amendment to the rule to bring up the Democratic alternative…”

On the recordMay 18, 2016
If we defeat the previous question, I am going to offer an amendment to the rule to bring up the Democratic alternative Zika bill that provides the administration with the $1.9 billion its top scientific and medical experts say is needed to mount a robust response to the Zika crisis without jeopardizing its ability to address other public health threats, like Ebola. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the Record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Poe of Texas). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Florida? There was no objection.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington
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May 18, 2016

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