Volume 167, No. 131, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.
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“DEBARMENT ENFORCEMENT OF BAD ACTOR REGISTRANTS ACT OF 2021” mentioning Sheldon Whitehouse was published in the Senate section on page S5111 on July 27.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
DEBARMENT ENFORCEMENT OF BAD ACTOR REGISTRANTS ACT OF 2021
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1002 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 1002) to amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (H.R. 1002) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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