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Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
DELIGHTED THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE SUPER STORM THAT ARRIVED ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 29th, ON THE...
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| 00:02:03 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
A $60.4 BILLION EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED THE SUPERSTORM OR HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF. THE BILL WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THE HOUSE BEFORE...
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| 00:03:14 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AGAIN THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE STATES ARE DONOR STATES THAT SEND MORE MONEY TO WASHINGTON EVERY YEAR THAN THEY EVER GET BACK. SO GIVEN THAT AND THE FACT...
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| 00:03:45 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
NOTED, IT IS 78 DAYS. WE APPROPRIATELY WAITED SOME 40 DAYS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THE PROPER WORK, TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNORS TO DO THE ASSESSMENT,...
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| 00:04:27 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOVERNORS OF THE THREE STATES HAVE IDENTIFIED $18 BILLION IN DAMAGE. WE NEED EVERY CENT, EVEN MORE IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE...
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| 00:04:57 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
UP THERE. WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE GET THE AID WE NEED. >> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU'RE WELCOME....
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| 00:10:25 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
BACK ON THEIR FEET IN A TIMELY FASHION. OUR ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WILL BE OFFERING A SEPARATE AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL,...
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| 00:10:45 |
Lowey, Nita - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
RECOVERY EFFORTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH HE WILL PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. WELCOME. [INAUDIBLE...
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| 00:15:49 |
Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
NEED FOR US TO MOVE CAREFULLY, QUICKLY, AND PROPERLY FORWARD. I MIGHT ADD, IF I CAN, THAT THE GENTLEMAN, MR. COLE, A MEMBER OF YOUR COMMITTEE, HAS...
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| 00:16:09 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO IF I CAN HOLD UP AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMITMENT FROM THE RULES COMMITTEE, TO THE GENTLEMAN TOM COLE, WHO...
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| 00:16:36 |
McGovern, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
ON BEING THE NEW RANKING MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, AND THANK HER AND THE CHAIRMAN FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS....
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| 00:18:00 |
Cole, Tom - U.S. Representative, [R] Oklahoma
THAT STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THIS WERE AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ, NOBODY WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT OFFSETS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED YESTERDAY. THIS...
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| 00:19:20 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
CLEAN PRODUCT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS BECAUSE I SAW WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID. >> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE GENTLEMAN FOR SERVING ON THE RULES COMMITTEE,...
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| 00:19:56 |
Hastings, Alcee L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
MR. CHAIRMAN, YIELD BACK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF I COULD ADD IN THAT TOM HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE, AND HAD DONE IN MY OPINION, AS THE...
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| 00:20:13 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
WITH THE NEW KIND OF PROCESSES WE HAVE HAPPENING, WE'RE GOING TO COUNT ON MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES TO COME AND BE INTEGRATED WHEN THE BILLS COME BEFORE...
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| 00:21:24 |
Lowey, Nita - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, TOTALED AROUND 27 PLUS BILLION DOLLARS. THAT WAS THE FIRST CRUNCH. THAT WOULD CARRY IS BASICALLY THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL...
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| 00:23:46 |
Hastings, Alcee L. - U.S. Representative, [D] Florida
LARGE SYSTEMS, YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO TO BID EARLY. SO, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE WAS SOME WHO FELT YOU COULD APPROPRIATE PART OF THE MONEY NOW AND PART...
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| 00:31:22 |
Woodall, Rob - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
PROVIDE, AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE IT. AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE STAND UP AND FACE OUR -- THE HARSH REALITIES OF DISASTER, WHETHER WE CALL IT CLIMBED...
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| 00:32:58 |
Lowey, Nita - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
SECOND -- THIS ANOTHER STEP IN TRYING TO RESPONSIBLY GET THIS MONEY TO FOLKS ABSOLUTELY AS FAST AS WE CAN. THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO RALLY AROUND THOSE...
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| 00:38:46 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
AND SOME COULD IMPROVE THE BILL. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE HAVE ALL WORKED, THE NEW YORK DELEGATION, THE NEW JERSEY DELEGATION, THE CONNECTICUT...
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| 00:41:26 |
Lowey, Nita - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
NEW YORK, RECEIVED $2.169 BILLION. NEW JERSEY, ALMOST 900 BILLION. CONNECTICUT, 38 PLUS MILLION. AND SO ON. FOR A TOTAL OF 3.1 BILLION THAT HAS ALREADY...
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| 00:43:11 |
Woodall, Rob - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT AS IF, WHEN THIS PASSES AND WE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF IT PASSES AS REQUESTED BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S SO ESSENTIAL. IT'S NOT AS IF...
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| 00:45:01 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THERE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE FOLKS. >> YOU CAN READ IT IN THE BILL. >> THAT'S WHAT IS SO FRUSTRATING TO ME, IS THAT WE, WE HERE IN THE BODY POLITIC,...
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| 00:45:56 |
Polis, Jared - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
CARE VARY MUCH -- VERY MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED. I HEAR THAT WORD, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. PEOPLE WE CARE ABOUT. I PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN...
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| 00:49:49 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
CAN BE WORK WITH YOU TO INCLUDE THIS, AND WHILE IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANAGERS ARE AMENDMENT CAN WE CLUE THIS HAS STANDON ITEM? I'M CONFIDENT IT...
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| 00:50:51 |
Polis, Jared - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
OUT OF MY BILL, EXCEPT SANDY. NOW, THERE IS -- WE APPROPRIATED SOME $216 MILLION IN THE REGULAR PROCESS LAST YEAR. FOR THE EMERGENCY WATER SHED PROGRAM,...
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| 00:51:55 |
Lowey, Nita - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET A STATEMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO THAT EFFECT. NEVER HEARD OF THAT PROBLEM BEFORE. THERE'S NOT IN THE MONEY THERE THE MONEY...
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| 00:52:17 |
Polis, Jared - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
THE SUFFERING OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WE CAN'T COMPARE. I HAVE HUNDREDS OF FAMILY AND MR. GARDNER AND OTHERS, WHO LOST EVERYTHING THEY HAVE IN A DISASTER....
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| 00:53:03 |
Nugent, Richard B. - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNANS TO RESPOND TO DISASTERS. >> THIS WILL ONLY DELAY THE BILL BY THE TEN MINUTES TO DEBATE THE AMENDMENT AND TWO OR FIVE MINUTES...
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| 00:54:12 |
Polis, Jared - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED AND I AM SYMPATHETIC TO MR. POLLIS AND MR. GARDNER'S PLIGHT IN REGARD THE WILDFIRES THAT RAVAGED THEIR AREAS. OBVIOUSLY...
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| 00:54:35 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
WAS THAT NOT COVERED UNDERNEATH THAT DISASTER DECLARES THAT THE PRESIDENT MADE AND COME BACK TO THE SPOT IN REGARD TO THOSE FUNDS, OR WAS IT? >> THE...
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| 00:54:52 |
Nugent, Richard B. - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
EXISTING FUNDS. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUNDS FOR FIGHTING THE FIRES AT THE TIME. AND SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE WORK. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT...
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| 00:56:05 |
Rogers, Harold "Hal" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
SEE HAPPEN IS THAT THAT GET DELAYED BECAUSE OF ADDONS. I WORRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE ARE ALWAYS SUPPLEMENTALS AND IT'S DOLLARS WE DON'T HAVE TO START...
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| 00:57:37 |
Lowey, Nita - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
WHICH DWARFS THE SO-CALLED AVERAGE DISASTER, REQUIRING MUCH MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED, OBVIOUSLY. BUT NEVERTHELESS THAT 11 PLUS BILLION HAS...
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| 00:58:36 |
Webster, Dan - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
THAT ONLY NATURE, FRANKLY, CAN PREDICT, AND WE CAN'T. SO, IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL OBLIGATION IN MY JUDGMENT, OF GOVERNANCE, TO WORK TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP...
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| 01:01:00 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
COULD SET FORWARD CONSTRAINTS NECESSARY PROPOSED BY ALL THESE NUMBERS MOST CANNOT BE MADE BECAUSE OF THE CLAUSE. BUT THEN THE BODY WAS DETERMINED --...
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| 01:01:50 |
Burgess, Michael C. M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING OUT. >> EARLY REID HAD OUR MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A DELIGHT IT IS TO HAVE YOU ON THIS COMMITTEE WITH YOUR EXPERTISE OF FOREIGN...
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| 01:02:16 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TOMORROW [LAUGHTER] >> HE CALLED A BUNCH. YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT. DR. BURGESS? >> WE DO HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS. AND I WOULD SAY TO...
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| 01:05:17 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
REACHED HE MAY HAVE PREPARED REMARKS. HE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME NOT WITH THE PREPARATION BUT ALSO BEHALF OF THE DELEGATIONS A AND FOR A MEMBER TO...
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| 01:10:40 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AUTHORIZATION THAT TO EVERY EXTENT POSSIBLE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND DIED HAVE SCRUBBED THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST TO LIMIT FUNDING FOR SANDY...
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| 01:11:17 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
EARMARKS I'D LIKE THE SENATE BILL AND STRIPS OUT AUTHORIZATION LANGUAGE PER RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TO MAKE MY AMENDMENT IN ORDER FOR R WILL ANSWER ANY...
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| 01:11:52 |
Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
MY THANKS TO YOU TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS BUT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT IT'S TIME WHEN IT WAS CRITICAL WHEN THINGS NEEDED A PUSH OR NEEDED TO BE DONE...
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| 01:12:26 |
Slaughter, Louise - U.S. Representative, [D] New York
THAT TO BE A MODEL. >> MR. FRELINGHUYSEN DOES THAT HAVE QUESTIONS BUT WE DO HAVE GREAT SYMPATHY FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE SANDY....
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| 01:14:37 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
DAY. THIS DEVASTATION NOT HAVING THE TRAINS SO I A REALLY HOPE IT COMES UP WE WILL CONSIDER THE DAMAGE THAT I SPOKE TO YOU BEFORE AND TO TALK ABOUT...
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| 01:15:19 |
Bishop, Rob - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
MADE BUT WE WILL BE VOTING ON THAT. >> THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR WHICH INCLUDES BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OF THE
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| 01:15:43 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
FEMA. >> WITH THE AUTHORIZATION COMMITTEE. >> I THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >>. >> TO ANY OF THE FLORIDIANS FOR THE THOROUGH WAY LINE ...
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| 01:16:34 |
McGovern, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Massachusetts
FLORIDA BEACHES? >> NONE THAT I KNOW OF. >> DID I MISUNDERSTAND? [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> IF IBM CORRECT, I WILL CORRECT THE RECORD. THE BEACHES ARE...
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| 01:18:26 |
Cole, Tom - U.S. Representative, [R] Oklahoma
IN OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE HURTING AND NEED THE MONEY NOW. YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB TO MAKE SURE THIS IS NEEDED BUT IT IS HARD TO DO THE RECOVERY THAT IS...
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| 01:20:49 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
ADDRESSING BUT THE DEPTH OF SOME OF THESE TUNNELS OF THE NEW YORK CITY SIZE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ANY CITY BUDGET. >> WHAT IS RELATED THE APPROPRIATE AS...
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| 01:21:49 |
Cole, Tom - U.S. Representative, [R] Oklahoma
50? >> YOU MADE MY CASE FOR ME BUT MR. ROGERS AMENDMENT IS FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TO REPORT HAS TO THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE IN THE MANY NOT TO BE DOLED...
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| 01:23:17 |
Woodall, Rob - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
WOULD SUSPECT MUST JUDGMENT WOULD BE BETTER TO IF NOT WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO TAKE A BACK TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT. >> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS....
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| 01:24:54 |
Frelinghuysen, Rodney - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
ARE MANDATORY. THAT NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK WILL ABSOLUTELY BRING TO FRUITION. AMTRAK WILL BE REPAIRED. REALIZING SO MANY MEMBERS HAVE CONCERNS EVERY...
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| 01:27:59 |
Polis, Jared - U.S. Representative, [D] Colorado
BEING HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD ARE COMPELLING. I SAY THE SAME THING TO MY FRIEND FROM MASSACHUSETTS WITH DOMESTIC ANWR FUNDING. THAT CAN BE UNCONSCIONABLE....
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| 01:29:17 |
Sessions, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AGAIN IS SHOULD MEET THE NEEDS AND A SPECIFIC REQUEST UNPAGED NUMBER THREE. IT IS CLEAR THIS IS SOMETHING THE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS THAT IS SHOWN...
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| 01:31:21 |
Smith, Christopher "Chris" H. - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
ONE. MR. SMITH TOM MCCLURE TALK, MR. KING YOU WERE HERE BEFORE TO GO VOTE JIM, LET'S GET YOU APPEAR. AND YOU CAN JOIN APPEAR ALSO. WE WILL BEGIN WITH...
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| 01:33:57 |
Pascrell, William "Bill" J. Jr. - U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey
TO PROVIDE PRIVATE NONPROFIT AND THE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE INTEREST THEM TO MAKE THE POINT TO THE ARCHBISHOP THAT HOUSES OF WORSHIP OFTEN PLAY THE IRREPLACEABLE...
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| 01:37:59 |
Langevin, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island
JUST SEVERAL OF THOSE AUTHORITIES. THE ESTIMATES OF THE COST REACH OF THE FACILITIES IS QUITE HIGH. I AM THANKFUL MY FRIEND HAS MAINTAINED THIS NEED....
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| 01:39:54 |
McClintock, Tom - U.S. Representative, [R] California
PROCESS. CONGRESS HAS AFFIRMED WHEN A DISASTER HITS WITH IN THIS TOGETHER. BUT ITALY MAKES IN NEW JERSEY ELIGIBLE TO FAIL TO MEET THIS STANDARD. MARYLAND...
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| 01:42:53 |
Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
OR BETTER MANAGEMENT THAT IS A LEGITIMATE DEBATE BUT NOT IN REAL -- EMERGENCY RELIEF MEASURES. CLYDE COULD GO ONE. YOU GET THE POINT . THE AMENDMENTS...
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| 01:43:47 |
Bishop, Rob - U.S. Representative, [R] Utah
REPAIRS. >> THANK YOU MR. MCCLINTOCK. MR. MULRONEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME JOIN TO GET THROUGH THE TESTIMONY? BEFORE EVERYBODY NEEDS TO VOTE. >> SOMETHING...
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| 01:44:10 |
Foxx, Virginia - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
HAPPEN I THOUGHT MR. PASS GROVE THOUGHT THEY HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION AND ONE OF THE SAD PARTS IS THEY COULD NOT BE QUESTIONED THEY CAN AND EVEN WITH...
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