On the recordMarch 5, 2013
You can leave this in here but there will be a lot of blood on the floor if we pass this. Many of us will not survive.
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congress.govThomas Foley: “You can leave this in here but there will be a lot of blood on the floor if we pass this. Many of us will not survive.”
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Foley warned about the political consequences of passing an assault weapons ban.
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