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On the recordNovember 5, 2017
What we really need Anderson, is we need leadership. You know, we need people who we elect to office to say, hey I'm not going to do the most politically expedient thing. I'm going to do the right thing.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Mark Kelly stresses the importance of leadership and doing what is right over political expediency in addressing gun violence.

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