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Sheila Jackson Lee's Public Statements on Issue: Guns

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TX) - District 18

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10/19/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Steve Dettelback, Director of the ATF - Chairman Thompson, Reps. Cicilline and Espaillat Lead 135 Members on Ghost Gun Letter to POTUS, ATF, DOJ
10/01/2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, and Charles Schumer, Majority Leader of U.S. Senate - Titus Calls for a Ban on Bump Stocks Once and For All
09/13/2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Representatives Bush, Bowman and 30 Colleagues Urge Federal Agencies to Review and Implement Effective School Safety Measures
09/01/2022 Congresswoman Dean and Senator Warren Urge Bank CEOs to Adopt New Code for Gun and Ammunition Retailers
08/29/2022 Letter to Dusty Wunderlich, CEO of Credova Financial - Rep. Larson Joins Colleagues in Opposition to "Buy Now, Pay Later" Financing for Gun Purchases
02/01/2022 Cicilline, Upton Introduce Bipartisan Active Shooter Alert Act
01/20/2022 Letter to the United States Conference of Mayors - Feinstein, Thompson, 39 Members of Congress Call on Conference of Mayors to Ban Ghost Guns
12/16/2021 Letter to Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Menendez and Booker Join Democratic Senate and House Colleagues in Urging Education Secretary to Provide Guidance to Parents on Gun Storage Safety
12/15/2021 Letter to Hon. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education - Following Oxford High School Shooting, Van Hollen, Murphy, Thompson, Stabenow, Peters, Blumenthal, Slotkin Urge Department Of Education To Issue Guidance On Safe Gun Storage
04/06/2021 Letter to Rochelle Walenksy, Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health - After Worst Year for Gun Violence in Decades, Phillips Demands Status Report on Gun Violence Research
03/10/2021 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
03/10/2021 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
03/10/2021 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021
03/02/2021 Chairman Thompson, Joined by Democrats and Republicans, Reintroduce Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
07/31/2020 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the Senate and the Hon. Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader of the Senate - Members of Congress: Include FBI Background Check Bill in Coronavirus Relief Package
06/29/2020 National Pulse Memorial
12/02/2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - 100+ House Democrats urge House & Senate leadership to prioritize gun violence prevention research funding in FY2020 funding bill
11/19/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - 130+ Democratic House Members Urge Senate Action on House-Passes Bills in Wake of Deadly Shootings
08/15/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Chairman Thompson, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Urge McConnell to Meet on Bipartisan Gun Violence Prevention Measures
08/07/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - 213 Democratic members urge McConnell to hold a vote on bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation immediately
07/26/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee introduces the Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act, the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act and the Santa Fe High School Victims Act: a trio of gun safety bills designed to stem the tide of gun viole
02/28/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Following House Passage of H.R. 8 -- the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
02/14/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the One Year Anniversary of the Mass Shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida
01/24/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Shooting in Sebring, Florida
01/09/2019 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Reintroduces Legislation that Strengthens our Democracy, Protects our Communities, Children and Seniors

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