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On the recordJanuary 16, 2019
I would just say that the argument I just heard is kind of ridiculous. If what we are going to do is list everything this bill, these funds, can't be spent on, I don't think we should be able to give any of this money to NASA to put a man on the moon. We could list everything that the Federal Government does except these things and say we have to specify it in the bill. No. This is a poison pill. Again, I didn't hear an answer. What do you expect to do when these people come across the border illegally? What if they are waiting for hearings and stuff and the courts are just being flooded? There are no answers. You have no answers. This is a bad amendment. Just trying to make a statement. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. Members are reminded to address their remarks to the Chair. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Sablan The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 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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