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On the recordSeptember 17, 1997
The amendment that I am sponsoring today with my colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Meehan], is simple and straightforward. Our amendment will appropriate $1 million in the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill to be used to expand the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, an initiative which works with local law enforcement officials to trace the source of illegal guns found in the possession of juvenile criminals.
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Rod Blagojevich
Illinois

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Discussing an amendment to fund a youth crime gun interdiction initiative.

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