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On the recordApril 9, 2013
I mean, we would have press conferences every 6 months or so, and parents and grandparents would come holding pictures of their children that they had literally killed.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky highlights the tragic impact of backover fatalities.

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