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On the recordMay 20, 2014
I appreciate that straightforward answer. It seems almost obvious, but for some reason people want to call it 'workplace violence' or other things that just strike me as flat wrong and misleading and a little bit of Orwellian talk.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn criticizes the labeling of certain events as 'workplace violence'.

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