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Chuck Grassley: “Instead of simply cursing the darkness that I know envelops your life because of the losses that you have sustained, the…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2011
Instead of simply cursing the darkness that I know envelops your life because of the losses that you have sustained, the injuries you have sustained as well, but instead you are trying to light a candle, and that is a noble thing.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley commends the efforts of those affected by gun violence to seek positive change.

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