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On the recordJune 15, 2016
That the compromise that is built around what the Senator from Texas has proposed--which says that you have to go to court to prove that the person might be a terrorist, and after 3 days they can get a gun, and that no court proceeding would take that long-- would be a meaningless compromise, a pyrrhic victory, and something the vast majority of us on this side of the aisle would not accept?
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Jun 15, 2016

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