If I had a dollar for every mistake this Congress has made when it came to guns, I would be a very rich woman.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If I had a dollar for every mistake this Congress has made when it came to guns, I would be a very rich woman.”
On the recordJuly 25, 2011
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Norton reflects on Congress's past mistakes regarding gun legislation.
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