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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
The American people are completely fed up with this institution's willful neglect in leaving them to suffer in the face of a clear epidemic.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline expresses public frustration over Congress's neglect regarding gun violence.

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