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On the recordJune 9, 2021
we passed H.R. 1446, which would be the enhanced background closing of that Charleston loophole.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon discusses legislation aimed at improving background checks to prevent gun violence.

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