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On the recordApril 16, 2013
If we refuse to act now, if we refuse to show courage and collective will in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, I think we will never act.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin calls for immediate action on gun violence post-Sandy Hook.

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