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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
It has been 8 years and hundreds of thousands of lives lost to gun violence since the last time Congress held a hearing on this issue.
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Thomas Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon emphasizes the urgency of addressing gun violence in Congress.

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