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On the recordDecember 11, 2015
Enough is enough. It is time to act. Let's make it harder for criminals and terrorists to quietly assemble arsenals designed to kill innocent Americans. We can do that. We can protect the Second Amendment. We can implement commonsense reforms that keep America safe. {time} 1015 There is nothing Congress can do to end gun violence, but we can and we must take action to reduce gun violence. If we defeat the previous question, we will do that. It will pass, and it will become law, and the American people will be safer. Stop standing in the way, Mr. Speaker. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' to defeat the previous question. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado

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