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On the recordSeptember 26, 2016
Earlier this summer, my congressional colleagues and I staged an unprecedented sit-in just to try to get a vote on commonsense gun legislation.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers recalls a sit-in aimed at pushing for gun legislation.

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