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Joe Courtney: “I feel a special responsibility to help meet the needs of that community and to the parents who have suffered such…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013
I feel a special responsibility to help meet the needs of that community and to the parents who have suffered such unimaginable horror.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney expresses his commitment to addressing gun violence, especially in Newtown.

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