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        <h1 class='page-title'>Culberson Statement on Passage of Initial Hurricane Harvey Disaster Supplemental Appropriations Bill</h1>        		
				
				
	    	    
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      <b>by <a href="/users/john-culberson" title="View user profile." class="username">John Culberson</a></b> on September 7, 2017 at 10:11 AM<hr />
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