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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
I ask that this House bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on children, like 16- year-old Afghani boy Sardar Hussein, who lost his family in a car bomb and now hopes after nearly 2 years of ordeal to get on his flight to America. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman's time has expired.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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Jan 31, 2017

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