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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                           (Cologne, Germany)
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For Immediate Release                                      June 18, 1999

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

This week, instead of listening to the American people and strengthening our gun laws, the House of Representatives listened to the gun lobby and did nothing at all. The House leadership gutted this bill in the dark of night to keep common-sense gun legislation from seeing the light of day.

The American people will not stand for this. Our nation is waiting for Washington to pass a real law that keeps guns away from children and out of the hands of criminals. I call on the Congress to stop playing politics and start living up to its responsibility to help save lives.

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