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      <excerpt>...first such hearing next week. The House Armed Services Committee also has announced it will holding hearings, but Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, a ranking Democrat on the panel, said the review would come much later. An Austin lawmaker, Rep. Mich</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&#8220;There would be unemployment,&#8221; said Rep. Solomon Ortiz, a Democrat whose district includes the coastal region from Corpus Christi to Brownsville. Texas watermen harvest 6.9 million pounds of oysters annually, worth an estimated $16.5 ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>More Texas deaf: visting these reps Mon for HR 3101: Kenny Marchant, Michael McCaul, Solomon Ortiz, Lamar Smith, and Mac Thornberry. Utah deaf: visiting 1 Utah rep Monday on Capitol Hill for HR 3101: Jason Chaffetz. ...</excerpt>
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