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Jackie Speier: I, too, have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I would hate to think that we will have one of these…

On the recordJune 10, 2014
I, too, have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I would hate to think that we will have one of these resolutions on the House floor week after week because we choose to do nothing. There are 32 people who will die today due to gunshot wounds, and there are 32 who will die tomorrow and 32 the next day. We seem to somehow be inured to what is going on around us. Let us respect those who have died and those who have been injured, and let us take steps to do something this year. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Jun 10, 2014

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