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G. K. Butterfield, Jr.'s Public Statements on Issue: Guns

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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
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
08/05/2019 Butterfield Statement Calling on Senate to Reconvene after Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
08/28/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - House Democrats to Secretary DeVos: Don't Spend Education Money on Guns
08/28/2018 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos - Don't Spend Education Money on Guns
07/21/2018 Citing Brett Kavanaugh's Interpretation of an Unlimited 2nd Amendment, Governor Cuomo, Members of Congressional Black Caucus and New York Congressional Delegation Call on Senate to Block His Confirmation
03/07/2018 Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Sarbanes, E&C Dems Request Four More Gun Violence Epidemic Hearings
03/07/2018 Butterfield Demands Congressional Hearings to Address Gun Violence Epidemic
02/16/2018 Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Letter to the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman, Subcommittee on Health - Demand Hearing on Gun Violence Prevention Research
02/15/2018 Butterfield Statement on Parkland High School Shooting
12/13/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Not to Restrict Gun Violence Research in Appropriations Package
05/23/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader - Keep Poison Pill Gun Riders Out of Funding Bills
04/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jose E. Serrano, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Funding for Criminal Background Checks
07/07/2016 Butterfield, House Democrats Call for a Vote on Legislation to Prevent Gun Violence
06/13/2016 Bridging the Divide: A Call to Action By the Congressional Black Caucus to Eliminate Racial Health Disparities
10/28/2015 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - End Gun Violence Research Ban
10/21/2015 Letter to the Hon. Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney General - Address Gun Violence in Communities of Color
10/01/2015 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Commonsense Gun Legislation
07/09/2015 Dark Period In American History
06/26/2015 Butterfield to Host Prayer Vigil to Bring Healing and Understanding to Community
06/20/2015 CBC Chair Butterfield to Visit Two AME Churches Tomorrow to Express Condolences to "Charleston Nine"
06/18/2015 Butterfield Responds to Shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
01/26/2015 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States of America - Full Funding of National Violent Death Reporting System
06/26/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - 163 Members of Congress Demand a Vote, Not Silence, to Prevent Gun Violence
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