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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The Centers for Disease Control [CDC] has been banned from…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Congressional Plea for Gun Violence Legislation Following Parkland Shooting

Published | Video Starts at 11:49

That is an insult to 97% of the American people who want Congress to pass universal background checks now. So let's finally vote to overturn the outrageous law that has banned The Centers for Disease Control [CDC] has been banned from even studying the issue of gun deaths. The CDC can study any other cause of death. Heart disease, cancer, car crashes, plane crashes, unless it involves a gun. (11:49–11:55)

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Asserts that Congress has banned the CDC from researching gun deaths.

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