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On the recordMay 17, 2018
It's ridiculous. I mean, that these kids have to live in a country. These kids in Santa Fe or Parkland or 22 other places around the country just this year alone, that they have to assume that kind of risk when they go to school.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Mark Kelly expresses his frustration over the risks children face in schools due to gun violence.

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