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“PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Senate section section on page S2761 on May 26.
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. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Joshua Kretman, a detailee from the State Department to the Foreign Relations Committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the 117th Congress.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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