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Mark Pocan: I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr.…

On the recordNovember 17, 2016
I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Pocan moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5982 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Add, at the end of the bill, the following: (c) Exception for Rules That Put Americans Back to Work and Make the United States More Competitive Internationally.-- Section 801(d) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: ``(5) Paragraph (4) shall not apply to any rule that pertains to improving employment, retention, and earnings of workforce participants, especially those participants with significant barriers to employment, improving the quality of the workforce, and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the nation.''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin is recognized for 5 minutes.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin
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Nov 17, 2016

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