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On the recordAugust 4, 2021
I rise in support of this amendment. It is a bipartisan amendment with Senator Wicker. And this is about just giving basic safety regulations to those superlong, stretch limousines. The reason why Senator Schumer and I care about this, there was a horrible, horrible incident in Upstate New York, in Schoharie, where 20 people were killed. In that 1 limousine, 17 passengers: 4 young women from the same family--a mom lost 4 daughters--and 2 recently married couples. They hired the limousine to go safely to a birthday party. This cannot continue. And I yield to Senator Wicker. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Mississippi.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York
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Aug 4, 2021

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