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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOUND IN BLOOD OF DEAD INTELLIGENCE 6 hours ago · The autopsy of an intelligence officer who died in a military prison last month found traces of antidepressants in his blood, Channel 13 news reports. IRAN SLAMS UN NUCLEAR BODY'S 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE' REPORT 5 hours ago · Iran accuses the UN nuclear agency of having taken “a counterproductive approach,” after its head said Tehran had not clarified queries over possible undeclared nuclear activity. KNESSET TO MEET MONDAY ON LAPID-BENNETT GOVERNMENT, VOTE Knesset to meet Monday on Lapid-Bennett government, vote likely on June 14 After announcement is brought to Knesset, Likud Speaker Levin

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HISTORY MADE AS ARAB ISRAELI RA'AM PARTY JOINS BENNETT History made as Arab Israeli Ra’am party joins Bennett-Lapid coalition The first Arab party to join a government in decades, Islamists make good on promise to seek change from inside, winning GOP SENATOR: ARAB LEADERS SAY THEY'LL ENRICH URANIUM AT GOP senator: Arab leaders say they’ll enrich uranium at levels approved for Iran In Jerusalem, Lindsey Graham says Israel will request $1 billion to replenish Iron Dome after Gaza conflict SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE Over the past week, at least three Islamic Jihad commanders and a senior Hamas figure were killed in Israeli strikes. In 2019, Israel targeted senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata JEWS ATTACKED, ONE PERSON BURNED AMID PRO-PALESTINIAN NEW YORK (JTA) — One person was burned when two fireworks were thrown from a car amid an altercation with anti-Zionist protesters in

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POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as

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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up HISTORY MADE AS ARAB ISRAELI RA'AM PARTY JOINS BENNETT History made as Arab Israeli Ra’am party joins Bennett-Lapid coalition The first Arab party to join a government in decades, Islamists make good on promise to seek change from inside, winning GOP SENATOR: ARAB LEADERS SAY THEY'LL ENRICH URANIUM AT GOP senator: Arab leaders say they’ll enrich uranium at levels approved for Iran In Jerusalem, Lindsey Graham says Israel will request $1 billion to replenish Iron Dome after Gaza conflict SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE Over the past week, at least three Islamic Jihad commanders and a senior Hamas figure were killed in Israeli strikes. In 2019, Israel targeted senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata JEWS ATTACKED, ONE PERSON BURNED AMID PRO-PALESTINIAN NEW YORK (JTA) — One person was burned when two fireworks were thrown from a car amid an altercation with anti-Zionist protesters in

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UAE SAID TO WARN HAMAS PLANNED GAZA INFRASTRUCTURE At least one of the projects was said to be related to energy — Palestinians suffer from dilapidated power infrastructure in the enclave, leading to only 16 hours of electricity a day on average POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as FOOTAGE SHOWS BLAZE ON TEMPLE MOUNT DURING JERUSALEM DAY Video footage shared widely on social media showed a fire that broke out during violent clashes on the Temple Mount in the Old City of

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SOME MT. MERON WORSHIPERS SAY POLICE BLOCKED EXIT Some congregants at Mt. Meron say police blocked an exit during severe overcrowding that led to at least 44 deaths. It wasn’t immediately clear why police may have prevented some people from IRAN, HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH COORDINATED GAZA FIGHTING IN Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah coordinated with Hamas on the recent fighting in Gaza between Palestinian terrorists and Israel, according to the editor-in-chief of a PFIZER VACCINE 96.7% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING COVID DEATHS Pfizer vaccine 96.7% effective at preventing COVID deaths, Israeli data shows Shots also 97.5% effective against serious illness, and 95.3% effective in preventing infection, according to study LIVEBLOG | THE TIMES OF ISRAEL By Jacob Magid and TOI staff. May 13, 2021, 7:49 am. Man, 60, critically wounded as rocket hits 7-story building in Ashkelon. IDF launches major bombardment of IRAN JUDICIARY CHIEF STAGES FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY DESPITE 11 hours ago · Iran judiciary chief stages first campaign rally despite virus Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, widely expected to win June 18 race, addresses thousands of supporters in crowded stadium amid rising

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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up 3 JEWS ARRESTED AT DAMASCUS GATE PROTEST 6 hours ago · * * * HISTORY MADE AS ARAB ISRAELI RA'AM PARTY JOINS BENNETT History made as Arab Israeli Ra’am party joins Bennett-Lapid coalition The first Arab party to join a government in decades, Islamists make good on promise to seek change from inside, winning GOP SENATOR: ARAB LEADERS SAY THEY'LL ENRICH URANIUM AT GOP senator: Arab leaders say they’ll enrich uranium at levels approved for Iran In Jerusalem, Lindsey Graham says Israel will request $1 billion to replenish Iron Dome after Gaza conflict SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE Over the past week, at least three Islamic Jihad commanders and a senior Hamas figure were killed in Israeli strikes. In 2019, Israel targeted senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata UAE SAID TO WARN HAMAS PLANNED GAZA INFRASTRUCTURE At least one of the projects was said to be related to energy — Palestinians suffer from dilapidated power infrastructure in the enclave, leading to only 16 hours of electricity a day on average POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as FOOTAGE SHOWS BLAZE ON TEMPLE MOUNT DURING JERUSALEM DAY Video footage shared widely on social media showed a fire that broke out during violent clashes on the Temple Mount in the Old City of

Jerusalem

SOME MT. MERON WORSHIPERS SAY POLICE BLOCKED EXIT Some congregants at Mt. Meron say police blocked an exit during severe overcrowding that led to at least 44 deaths. It wasn’t immediately clear why police may have prevented some people from

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOUND IN BLOOD OF DEAD INTELLIGENCE 4 hours ago · The autopsy of an intelligence officer who died in a military prison last month found traces of antidepressants in his blood, Channel 13 news reports. IRAN SLAMS UN NUCLEAR BODY'S 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE' REPORT 3 hours ago · Iran accuses the UN nuclear agency of having taken “a counterproductive approach,” after its head said Tehran had not clarified queries over possible undeclared nuclear activity. KNESSET TO MEET MONDAY ON LAPID-BENNETT GOVERNMENT, VOTE Knesset to meet Monday on Lapid-Bennett government, vote likely on June 14 After announcement is brought to Knesset, Likud Speaker Levin

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HISTORY MADE AS ARAB ISRAELI RA'AM PARTY JOINS BENNETT History made as Arab Israeli Ra’am party joins Bennett-Lapid coalition The first Arab party to join a government in decades, Islamists make good on promise to seek change from inside, winning GOP SENATOR: ARAB LEADERS SAY THEY'LL ENRICH URANIUM AT GOP senator: Arab leaders say they’ll enrich uranium at levels approved for Iran In Jerusalem, Lindsey Graham says Israel will request $1 billion to replenish Iron Dome after Gaza conflict SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE Over the past week, at least three Islamic Jihad commanders and a senior Hamas figure were killed in Israeli strikes. In 2019, Israel targeted senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata JEWS ATTACKED, ONE PERSON BURNED AMID PRO-PALESTINIAN NEW YORK (JTA) — One person was burned when two fireworks were thrown from a car amid an altercation with anti-Zionist protesters in

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POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as PFIZER VACCINE 96.7% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING COVID DEATHS Pfizer vaccine 96.7% effective at preventing COVID deaths, Israeli data shows Shots also 97.5% effective against serious illness, and 95.3% effective in preventing infection, according to study LIVEBLOG | THE TIMES OF ISRAEL By Jacob Magid and TOI staff. May 13, 2021, 7:49 am. Man, 60, critically wounded as rocket hits 7-story building in Ashkelon. IDF launches major bombardment of IRAN, HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH COORDINATED GAZA FIGHTING IN Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah coordinated with Hamas on the recent fighting in Gaza between Palestinian terrorists and Israel, according to the editor-in-chief of a IRAN JUDICIARY CHIEF STAGES FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY DESPITE 9 hours ago · Iran judiciary chief stages first campaign rally despite virus Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, widely expected to win June 18 race, addresses thousands of supporters in crowded stadium amid rising VIAQUA RAISES $4.3 MILLION FOR RNA-BASED FEED TO FIGHT 12 hours ago · Israeli biotech firm ViAqua Therapeutics said Thursday it had completed a $4.3 million funding round to commercialize and expand its RNA-based feeding solution to BACKLASH AGAINST US STORE SELLING YELLOW STAR ANTI Backlash against US store selling yellow star anti-vaccination patches Nashville store excoriated on social media and targeted by protesters; iconic hatmaker Stetson says it 3 JEWS ARRESTED AT DAMASCUS GATE PROTEST 6 hours ago · * * * TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART RECEIVES $15 MILLION GIFT Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art has received a $15 million

gift from the

IRAN SENDS WARSHIPS TO ATLANTIC AMID VENEZUELA CONCERNS 8 hours ago · An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state TV reports, without offering the vessels’

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MEET THE DREAM TEAM LEADING WEST COAST TRIAL LAWYERS 1 day ago · Meet the dream team leading West Coast trial lawyers WCTL’s founders Neama Rahmani and Allen Patatanyan, have obtained $1 billion in settlements and judgments for the clients.

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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up 3 JEWS ARRESTED AT DAMASCUS GATE PROTEST 4 hours ago · * * * IRAN SENDS WARSHIPS TO ATLANTIC AMID VENEZUELA CONCERNS 5 hours ago · An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state TV reports, without offering the vessels’

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KNESSET TO MEET MONDAY ON LAPID-BENNETT GOVERNMENT, VOTE Knesset to meet Monday on Lapid-Bennett government, vote likely on June 14 After announcement is brought to Knesset, Likud Speaker Levin

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HISTORY MADE AS ARAB ISRAELI RA'AM PARTY JOINS BENNETT History made as Arab Israeli Ra’am party joins Bennett-Lapid coalition The first Arab party to join a government in decades, Islamists make good on promise to seek change from inside, winning GOP SENATOR: ARAB LEADERS SAY THEY'LL ENRICH URANIUM AT GOP senator: Arab leaders say they’ll enrich uranium at levels approved for Iran In Jerusalem, Lindsey Graham says Israel will request $1 billion to replenish Iron Dome after Gaza conflict SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE Over the past week, at least three Islamic Jihad commanders and a senior Hamas figure were killed in Israeli strikes. In 2019, Israel targeted senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata JEWS ATTACKED, ONE PERSON BURNED AMID PRO-PALESTINIAN NEW YORK (JTA) — One person was burned when two fireworks were thrown from a car amid an altercation with anti-Zionist protesters in

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POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up 3 JEWS ARRESTED AT DAMASCUS GATE PROTEST 4 hours ago · * * * HISTORY MADE AS ARAB ISRAELI RA'AM PARTY JOINS BENNETT History made as Arab Israeli Ra’am party joins Bennett-Lapid coalition The first Arab party to join a government in decades, Islamists make good on promise to seek change from inside, winning GOP SENATOR: ARAB LEADERS SAY THEY'LL ENRICH URANIUM AT GOP senator: Arab leaders say they’ll enrich uranium at levels approved for Iran In Jerusalem, Lindsey Graham says Israel will request $1 billion to replenish Iron Dome after Gaza conflict SENIOR ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE Over the past week, at least three Islamic Jihad commanders and a senior Hamas figure were killed in Israeli strikes. In 2019, Israel targeted senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata UAE SAID TO WARN HAMAS PLANNED GAZA INFRASTRUCTURE At least one of the projects was said to be related to energy — Palestinians suffer from dilapidated power infrastructure in the enclave, leading to only 16 hours of electricity a day on average POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as FOOTAGE SHOWS BLAZE ON TEMPLE MOUNT DURING JERUSALEM DAY Video footage shared widely on social media showed a fire that broke out during violent clashes on the Temple Mount in the Old City of

Jerusalem

SOME MT. MERON WORSHIPERS SAY POLICE BLOCKED EXIT Some congregants at Mt. Meron say police blocked an exit during severe overcrowding that led to at least 44 deaths. It wasn’t immediately clear why police may have prevented some people from PFIZER VACCINE 96.7% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING COVID DEATHS Pfizer vaccine 96.7% effective at preventing COVID deaths, Israeli data shows Shots also 97.5% effective against serious illness, and 95.3% effective in preventing infection, according to study IRAN, HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH COORDINATED GAZA FIGHTING IN Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah coordinated with Hamas on the recent fighting in Gaza between Palestinian terrorists and Israel, according to the editor-in-chief of a IRAN JUDICIARY CHIEF STAGES FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY DESPITE 7 hours ago · Iran judiciary chief stages first campaign rally despite virus Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, widely expected to win June 18 race, addresses thousands of supporters in crowded stadium amid rising VIAQUA RAISES $4.3 MILLION FOR RNA-BASED FEED TO FIGHT 9 hours ago · Israeli biotech firm ViAqua Therapeutics said Thursday it had completed a $4.3 million funding round to commercialize and expand its RNA-based feeding solution to BACKLASH AGAINST US STORE SELLING YELLOW STAR ANTI Backlash against US store selling yellow star anti-vaccination patches Nashville store excoriated on social media and targeted by protesters; iconic hatmaker Stetson says it 3 JEWS ARRESTED AT DAMASCUS GATE PROTEST 4 hours ago · * * * ARMY CHIEF DEFENDS CENSORING DEATH OF OFFICER ACCUSED OF 1 day ago · Army chief defends censoring death of officer accused of grave security crimes Kohavi says military prevented the suspect, who died mysteriously in custody, from damaging a state secret ‘at the IRAN SENDS WARSHIPS TO ATLANTIC AMID VENEZUELA CONCERNS 5 hours ago · An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state TV reports, without offering the vessels’

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TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART RECEIVES $15 MILLION GIFT Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art has received a $15 million

gift from the

MEET THE DREAM TEAM LEADING WEST COAST TRIAL LAWYERS 1 day ago · Meet the dream team leading West Coast trial lawyers WCTL’s founders Neama Rahmani and Allen Patatanyan, have obtained $1 billion in settlements and judgments for the clients.

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Coalition talks stall, delaying declaration on whether government can be formed. By Raoul Wootliff. Israel Unlocked: Powerful online journeys that support Israeli tourism. All (103,547) Benjamin LIVEBLOG | THE TIMES OF ISRAEL By Jacob Magid and TOI staff. May 13, 2021, 7:49 am. Man, 60, critically wounded as rocket hits 7-story building in Ashkelon. IDF launches major bombardment of ARCHAEOLOGY IN ISRAEL Description. Welcome to the 100th episode of The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday AMERICAN JEWISH JOURNALIST DETAINED IN MYANMAR WHILE American journalist Danny Fenster was unlawfully detained in Myanmar on May 24 and reportedly transferred to the infamous Insein Prison.

Fenster is

POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as ISRAELI COMEDIAN TOM AHARON TAKES ON JOHN OLIVER OVER Israeli comedian Tom Aharon takes on John Oliver over Israel criticism Local comic, who models his show on Oliver’s ‘Last week tonight,’ says HBO star gets a lot wrong about the conflict PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS TEAR INTO ISRAEL FROM US HOUSE FLOOR Progressive Democrats tear into Israel from US House floor. Rep. Ayana Pressley speaks from the House Floor on May 13, 2021. (Screen

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SOME MT. MERON WORSHIPERS SAY POLICE BLOCKED EXIT Some congregants at Mt. Meron say police blocked an exit during severe overcrowding that led to at least 44 deaths. It wasn’t immediately clear why police may have prevented some people from

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Latest News | The Times of Israel. May 12, 2021, 4:42 pm. Moody’s, Team8 invest $25 million in joint cyber-risk venture. The ratings agency and the Israeli cybersecurity investor set up

ISRAEL & THE REGION

Coalition talks stall, delaying declaration on whether government can be formed. By Raoul Wootliff. Israel Unlocked: Powerful online journeys that support Israeli tourism. All (103,547) Benjamin LIVEBLOG | THE TIMES OF ISRAEL By Jacob Magid and TOI staff. May 13, 2021, 7:49 am. Man, 60, critically wounded as rocket hits 7-story building in Ashkelon. IDF launches major bombardment of ARCHAEOLOGY IN ISRAEL Description. Welcome to the 100th episode of The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday AMERICAN JEWISH JOURNALIST DETAINED IN MYANMAR WHILE American journalist Danny Fenster was unlawfully detained in Myanmar on May 24 and reportedly transferred to the infamous Insein Prison.

Fenster is

POLICE CHIEF SAID TO BLAME FAR-RIGHT LAWMAKER BEN GVIR FOR Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’ In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as ISRAELI COMEDIAN TOM AHARON TAKES ON JOHN OLIVER OVER Israeli comedian Tom Aharon takes on John Oliver over Israel criticism Local comic, who models his show on Oliver’s ‘Last week tonight,’ says HBO star gets a lot wrong about the conflict PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS TEAR INTO ISRAEL FROM US HOUSE FLOOR Progressive Democrats tear into Israel from US House floor. Rep. Ayana Pressley speaks from the House Floor on May 13, 2021. (Screen

capture/US House of

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