Tina Smith: “I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to continue with my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.”

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I stand before this body trying to make sense of the terrible shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, just a couple of miles from where Archie and I live in Minneapolis, and I can't. I can't make it make sense. You know, I know this…

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