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Steve Cohen: “Today, sadly, the House asked for a moment of silence for a student who was killed in Oregon. Yesterday, sadly, we had a…”

On the recordJune 10, 2014
Today, sadly, the House asked for a moment of silence for a student who was killed in Oregon. Yesterday, sadly, we had a moment of silence for deaths in Nevada. We didn't have a moment of silence for the death of a student at Seattle Pacific University in Washington 3 or 4 days earlier. Sadly, it is becoming a regular occurrence of moments of silence for children who are killed in schools. We had Santa Barbara. We have had others. There have been 74 since Newtown. The silence is deafening that the House has not acted. Whether it is mental health, whether it is gun laws, the House needs to act and not continue to be silent. ____________________
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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govinfo.gov
Jun 10, 2014

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