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On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
I would argue with you that I am all for moments of silence, but that we have done so many moments of silence followed by nothing that they have become empty gestures.
Said by
Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the ineffectiveness of repeated moments of silence without action.

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