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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2623.</text>
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        <title>H.R. 2623, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of copayments for all hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs</title>
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