Tennessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Tim Burchett are bringing Knoxville Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran and Wendy Corcoran. They are the parents of Pierce Corcoran, 22, who died in a car accident in 2018. Corcoran was in a car crash with a driver who is an undocumented immigrant, who has been charged with negligent homicide and driving without a license or insurance. The accident has fueled the ongoing national debate over illegal immigration.
"The tragedy the Corcoran family has endured is one no family should ever have to experience," Blackburn said, "The attendance of Pierce's parents at the State of the Union serves as a reminder that we, as a Congress, have a duty to keep the American people safe."
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The above quotations are from 2019 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Democratic response, Feb. 6, 2019.
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