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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. McCOLLUM:H.R. 570.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which gives Congress thepower ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.''[Page H640]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Cuba Broadcasting Act</b></p> <p>Repeals the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (thus eliminating Voice of America: Radio/Television Marti broadcasts to Cuba).</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money on Cuba Broadcasting Act</title>
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