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Jamie Raskin: “The day after the worst mass shooting, one of the worst acts of terror we've ever seen in the streets of America, that…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
The day after the worst mass shooting, one of the worst acts of terror we've ever seen in the streets of America, that we should be having a hearing about what we can be doing in a bipartisan fashion to deal with the continuing epidemic of gun violence across the country.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin emphasizes the urgency of addressing gun violence after a mass shooting.

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