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Theo Bennett: Community Flood Recovery

TBTheo BennettI · NY-09 · House at the action date119-HR-9003 ↗
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Recorded statement

I · NY-09 at the statement date

“I will vote for H.R. 9003. Flood recovery grants should reach the affected communities.”
Saved statement · exact passage ↗
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Legislative action

Yea

Passage vote

On Passage of H.R. 9003

House · Congress 119 · Session 2 · Roll 306

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Same day; order not established. This is not proof of a later reversal.

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Same day; order not established. This is not proof of a later reversal.

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Same day; order not established. This does not demonstrate a subsequent reversal.

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    text-9003-v1 · provision source

  2. Position entered in the record

    recorded statement · statement source

  3. Passage vote: Yea

    On Passage of H.R. 9003 · action source

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STATEMENTTheo Bennett — fictional recorded statement+

Local demonstration fixture · 2026-08-12 · Fixture 1

I will vote for H.R. 9003. Flood recovery grants should reach the affected communities.

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Source SHA-256
bb8865b0b297c5e5ac311490f07fe0ea02ac155891476bd06642df18e77963a1
Saved span
0–87 · newline-only-v1
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2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z / 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
ACTIONTheo Bennett — fictional individual action+

Local demonstration fixture · 2026-08-12 · Fixture 1

Fictional House roll call 306, 119th Congress, session 2. On Passage of H.R. 9003. Theo Bennett: Yea. Result: Agreed to.

Local authored fixture · no official original

Source SHA-256
0ca5a3b45cdc7ed6f067a208d7812df47b83422aeb65ab9adfd8ab305a494923
Saved span
0–121 · newline-only-v1
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PROVISIONFictional operative provision+

Local demonstration fixture · 2026-08-01 · Fixture 1

Appropriate recovery grants for communities affected by declared floods; distinguish final passage from debate procedure.

Local authored fixture · no official original

Source SHA-256
3b52f41b52047f5b01c1f8fca6ac4b938fca40439543b4de48d7102f0a06f131
Saved span
0–121 · newline-only-v1
Fetched / modified
2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z / 2026-09-15T12:00:00.000Z
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Version 3 · reviewed 2026-09-15.

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