04/28/2009
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"It is not time for feel-good legislation so you can say you did something, but it is time for a true discussion on the culture of violence and how to prevent more violent crime."
"I believe that the American people are for, as a matter of public policy, saying that weapons designed for war do not belong on the streets of our cities."
"We are holding today's hearing because the massacre in Newtown was, sadly, not an anomaly."
"The need for a Federal ban has never been greater."