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Mark Pocan: Thank you so much, Representative Takano. You did a great job pointing out every time a press release came out and they…

On the recordOctober 2, 2013
Thank you so much, Representative Takano. You did a great job pointing out every time a press release came out and they realized one of the impacts of shutting down the government, they tried to put a little chewing gum in the crack in the dam rather than actually addressing the problem. They've done that multiple times. They have done it through what we call around here ``gotcha votes'' to try to make a point, but they have not provide the solution we need, which is what we're demanding and 18 Members on the other side are demanding, which is a vote on a clean continuing resolution so that government can continue.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin
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Oct 2, 2013

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