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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
I am grateful to Congressman Mike Thompson and this Committee for prioritizing H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, in the 116th Congress.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Pressley supports the Bipartisan Background Checks Act to address gun violence.

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