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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
We appreciate the leadership shown to bring this document for reading today; but I do want to inquire of the Chair and perhaps the gentleman who is the author of this effort today, Mr. Goodlatte. The language, as I understand it, that we will be reading today does not include some of the original language of the Constitution of the United States. On multiple occasions amendments have purported to change some of the intent of the original document. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman have a parliamentary inquiry?
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Jay Inslee
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