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Alan Simpson: “You say we could reopen the government, yes, if we put the Senate CR on the floor. We could also open it if the Senate…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2013
You say we could reopen the government, yes, if we put the Senate CR on the floor. We could also open it if the Senate would bring up the House CR and pass it. So there are different ways to address this. I reserve the balance of my time.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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Oct 1, 2013

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