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.
Janice Schakowsky: “I mean, we would have press conferences every 6 months or so, and parents and grandparents would come holding pictures…”
On the recordApril 9, 2013
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Schakowsky highlights the tragic impact of backover fatalities.
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