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Chris Murphy: “Why? Why are we here? If not to try to make sure that fewer schools and fewer communities go through what Sandy Hook has…”

On the recordMay 24, 2022
Why? Why are we here? If not to try to make sure that fewer schools and fewer communities go through what Sandy Hook has gone through? What Uvalde is going through?
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
Source
msnbc.com

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Chris Murphy pleads with his colleagues to work together to pass laws that would prevent further tragedies like Sandy Hook and Uvalde.

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