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Gerry Connolly: “We need to make sure that there is a plan in place, that after all of you are gone, that the next person that comes in…”

On the recordJune 19, 2019
We need to make sure that there is a plan in place, that after all of you are gone, that the next person that comes in, that we're not having another hearing here with a tragedy that has happened because we don't have a system in place.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly emphasizes the need for a system to prevent future tragedies.

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