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On the recordOctober 24, 2020
what my colleague calls procedural harassment, it is actually democracy. It is legislation. It was passed by the House. It is bipartisan. The majority was bipartisan. It will save lives. I fail to understand why my Republican colleagues will not allow this loophole--it is a fatal and defective loophole in our current laws--to be repaired.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut
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Oct 24, 2020

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