[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5043]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CO-SPONSORSHIP CHANGE S. 397

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr President, today I rise to ask for a clarification 
in the Congressional Record from yesterday, dated March 15, 2004. The 
Record mistakenly reported that I was to be added as a cosponsor of S. 
397, the Firearm Manufacturers Protection Act. Apparently, my name was 
typed into the Record instead of that of Senator Mitch McConnell who 
had requested to be added as a cosponsor of that bill. I wanted the 
Record to reflect that I never requested to be added to the bill. As I 
hope my record reflects, I have been a strong opponent of the gun 
immunity bill because it puts one industry's bottomline ahead of the 
families and victims of gun violence. I opposed this bill and will 
continue to oppose it because it slams closed the courthouse door to 
those seeking justice for victims of gun violence, such as the victims 
of the horrific sniper who terrorized the citizens of DC, Maryland, and 
Virginia just a short time ago.

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