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Alan Simpson: I would just say, again, it doesn't really matter whether you vote for this amendment or not. It doesn't really do…

On the recordJanuary 16, 2019
I would just say, again, it doesn't really matter whether you vote for this amendment or not. It doesn't really do anything because the project is not eligible. What we are doing by adopting this amendment is raising false hopes, knowing that the project isn't even eligible. I encourage the gentlewoman to withdraw the amendment and work with us to see if we can fund this through the regular appropriations process. Madam Chair, I encourage a ``no'' vote on the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Stewart The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 6 printed in part B of House Report 116-2.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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Jan 16, 2019

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