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Virginia Foxx: “It is not true. Conservatives don't ask for bosses to purchase weapons that are protected under the Second Amendment.…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
It is not true. Conservatives don't ask for bosses to purchase weapons that are protected under the Second Amendment. Why must my Progressive colleagues ask private citizens to pay for the death of a child? I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), the sponsor of the underlying legislation.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Jul 13, 2016

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