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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
The American people understand that we need to keep firearms out of the wrong hands, and yet it is 20 years later and we at the Federal level have shamefully done nothing about this issue.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline criticizes inaction on gun control after two decades.

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