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On the recordDecember 12, 2017
Congresswoman Lee's words remind me of what I hear sometimes: we need to wait before we do anything; this group or that group or someone just died, and we are already talking about what we are going to do. It has been 5 years since Newtown, and we still have done nothing. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Demings). She sees this issue through a number of lenses: a mom, a wife of law enforcement, and a career law enforcement officer herself.
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Robin Kelly
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 12, 2017

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