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Local Access to Courts Act

The House considered the Local Access to Courts Act, a bill relating to people’s ability to bring cases in local courts, along with the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, which directs the Justice Department to set standards against sexual harassment and assault of Bureau of Prisons staff by incarcerated individuals. No substantive floor discussion was recorded in this debate; the only statement was Representative Sylvia Garcia noting she had been unable to vote and would have voted yes on both bills.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Sylvia R. Garcia

Democrat
“I was not able to vote today. If I had been there, I would have voted yes on the bill to protect prison staff from sexual harassment and assault. I also would have voted yes on the bill about local access to courts.”
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Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote during the series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 284, passage of S. 307--Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act and YEA on Roll Call No. 285, passage of S. 32--LACA.

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