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Unidentified representative urges repeal of provision that would allow senators to sue, cites alleged FBI spying
Summary
An unidentified House member urged colleagues to support "HR 60 19," introduced by Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, seeking to remove a provision that the speaker said would let senators sue the United States and receive a minimum of $500,000 per instance; the speaker also alleged the FBI spied on senators in "operation Arctic Frost."
An unidentified member of the House rose to the floor to urge support for what the transcript records as "HR 60 19," introduced by "my colleague, congressman Austin Scott of Georgia," saying the bill would repeal a provision the speaker described as a problematic insertion in the legislation that reopened the federal government.
The speaker praised the reopening measure’s results, saying the government is "open and funded," that "SNAP benefits are being funded," and that "air traffic controllers, TSA agents, hardworking people are getting paid." But the speaker said the reopening bill "had a provision that needs repair" and urged lawmakers…
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