Delaney Joins Local Students for Gun Violence Walkout, Answers Questions at Wootton High School

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Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) joined students at Thomas Wootton High School in Rockville today to protest gun violence. Congressman Delaney joined Wootton students as they spoke on the school football field and held a moment of silence for each person killed in Parkland, Florida last month. Delaney also took part in a Q&A session with students in the auditorium. Later in the morning, Delaney joined students from around the region who had gathered at the U.S. Capitol.

"The next generation is speaking out and taking the lead and it's inspiring to see," said Congressman Delaney. "I was honored to be invited to join the students at Wootton High School and really appreciated the opportunity to speak with many of them one-on-one and to answer questions in the school auditorium. They're making history, they're making change and that's what I told them. I'm proud to stand with them. There's a massive bipartisan consensus that wants us to pass commonsense gun safety reforms and it's time for lawmakers of all parties to come together, listen to the people, and get this done."

Congressman Delaney is a cosponsor of legislation to create universal background checks for all gun sales (H.R. 4240), a cosponsor of legislation to ban semiautomatic assault weapons (H.R. 5087), a cosponsor of legislation to lift the ban on federal research into gun violence (H.R. 1478) and is a cosponsor of legislation to ban bump stocks (H.R. 3947).

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