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“PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S7120 on Dec. 17, 2019.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Mary Eileen Manning, a State Department fellow in Senator Sullivan's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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