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Mark Pocan: “So, what we were asking really is to have 24 more hours. The Senate's around -- we could have stayed one more day before…”

On the recordJune 26, 2019
So, what we were asking really is to have 24 more hours. The Senate's around -- we could have stayed one more day before we went home around congressional delegations to get a little bit better provisions in the bill.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Mark Pocan discusses the need for more time to improve provisions in a humanitarian aid bill.

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