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Zoe Lofgren: I would hope that we might move apace to adopt this resolution. I have two teenage children. They will be starting high…

On the recordAugust 3, 1999
I would hope that we might move apace to adopt this resolution. I have two teenage children. They will be starting high school again this fall. They will be starting school, before this House finishes our annual recess. I would like to be able to tell them and to tell their classmates that the House of Representatives has done something, anything rational, to preserve and to enhance gun safety in America. I think we owe that to the mothers and fathers across the United States.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Addressing gun safety legislation during a House floor debate.

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