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Steve Cohen: “Imagine how many lives we could save if my colleagues devoted even one half of that attention to stopping the epidemic…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
Imagine how many lives we could save if my colleagues devoted even one half of that attention to stopping the epidemic, and it is an epidemic, of gun violence in this country.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Calling for more focus on gun violence instead of attacking Planned Parenthood.

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