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On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I am amazed that an administration that wants to expand background checks for law-abiding American citizens exercising their Second Amendment Constitutional rights will refuse to do the background checks necessary on possibly Syrian refugees.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul highlights a contradiction in the administration's approach to background checks.

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