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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

Letter

By: Jared Huffman, Josh Harder, Ro Khanna, Julia Brownley, Grace Napolitano, Gil Cisneros, Lou Correa, Susan Davis, Joe Courtney, Al Lawson, Jr., Alcee Hastings, Sr., Donna Shalala, Abby Finkenauer, Chuy Garcia, Brad Schneider, John Yarmuth, Seth Moulton, Anthony Brown, Andy Levin, Dean Phillips, David Price, Joshua Gottheimer, Mikie Sherrill, Steven Horsford, Hakeem Jeffries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Paul Tonko, Tom O'Halleran, Mike Thompson, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Adam Schiff, Jimmy Gomez, Mark Takano, Harley Rouda, Joe Neguse, Jim Himes, Darren Soto, Ted Deutch, John Lewis, Cindy Axne, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Jim McGovern, Stephen Lynch, Jamie Raskin, Debbie Dingell, Ilhan Omar, Chris Pappas, Tom Malinowski, Deb Haaland, Kathleen Rice, Jerry Nadler, Eliot Engel, Brian Higgins, Earl Blumenauer, Mary Scanlon, David Cicilline, Al Green, Marc Veasey, Don Beyer, Jr., Derek Kilmer, Gwen Moore, Ann Kirkpatrick, Doris Matsui, Jackie Speier, T.J. Cox, Tony Cárdenas, Norma Torres, Maxine Waters, Mike Levin, Jason Crow, Jahana Hayes, Val Demings, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Lucy McBath, Bobby Rush, Danny Davis, Cheri Bustos, Lori Trahan, Bill Keating, Chellie Pingree, Rashida Tlaib, Lacy Clay, Jr., Annie Kuster, Albio Sires, Ben Luján, Jr., Gregory Meeks, Max Rose, Nita Lowey, Terri Sewell, John Garamendi, Mark DeSaulnier, Anna Eshoo, Judy Chu, Ted Lieu, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Alan Lowenthal, Diana DeGette, Rosa DeLauro, Stephanie Murphy, Lois Frankel, Hank Johnson, Jr., Dave Loebsack, Mike Quigley, Bill Foster, Richard Neal, Ayanna Pressley, David Trone, Haley Stevens, Betty McCollum, Alma Adams, Frank Pallone, Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman, Thomas Suozzi, Yvette Clarke, José Serrano, Joe Morelle, Suzanne Bonamici, Madeleine Dean, Mike Doyle, Jr., Lizzie Fletcher, Sylvia Garcia, Abigail Spanberger, Rick Larsen, Mark Pocan, Jimmy Panetta, Greg Stanton, Jerry McNerney, Jim Costa, Katie Hill, Pete Aguilar, Linda Sánchez, Katie Porter, Scott Peters, John Larson, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Kathy Castor, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ed Case, Dan Lipinski, Jan Schakowsky, Sharice Davids, Katherine Clark, John Sarbanes, Elissa Slotkin, Angie Craig, G. K. Butterfield, Jr., Andy Kim, Don Payne, Jr., Susie Lee, Nydia Velázquez, Adriano Espaillat, Antonio Delgado, Marcia Fudge, Brendan Boyle, Matt Cartwright, Jim Cooper, Sheila Jackson Lee, Bobby Scott, Stacey Plaskett, Adam Smith, Ruben Gallego, Ami Bera, Eric Swalwell, Salud Carbajal, Brad Sherman, Raul Ruiz, Nanette Barragán, Juan Vargas, Ed Perlmutter, Eleanor Norton, Charlie Crist, Jr., Frederica Wilson, David Scott, Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi, André Carson, Joe Kennedy III, Dutch Ruppersberger, Dan Kildee, Brenda Lawrence, Emanuel Cleaver II, Donald Norcross, Bill Pascrell, Jr., Dina Titus, Grace Meng, Carolyn Maloney, Sean Maloney, Marcy Kaptur, Kurt Schrader, Susan Wild, Joe Cunningham, Veronica Escobar, Elaine Luria, Gerry Connolly, Kim Schrier, Joyce Beatty, Peter DeFazio, Chrissy Houlahan, Jim Langevin, Vicente Gonzalez, Filemon Vela, Jr., Jennifer Wexton, Pramila Jayapal, Tim Ryan, Dwight Evans, Conor Lamb, Steve Cohen, Henry Cuellar, Donald McEachin, Suzan DelBene, Denny Heck
Date: Aug. 7, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Guns

Dear Leader McConnell:

We strongly urge you to take immediate action to call the Senate back into session to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act.

In February, the new Democratic House Majority took swift action to pass these bipartisan bills which not only save lives, but also has the support of more than 90 percent of the American people. Since that time, you have allowed more than 150 days to pass and countless lives have been lost including those most recently lost in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois and the many others who will never make the headlines.

This inaction must stop. We know background checks save lives. Every day background checks stop more than 170 felons and 50 domestic abusers from getting a gun. Any delay to pass commonsense gun violence prevention legislation only increases the chances that more innocent people in America may suffer from the tragic and needless loss caused by gun violence.

Again, we urge you to follow the leadership of the House Democratic Majority and immediately come back into session to pass H.R 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act, that could prevent dangerous criminals from obtaining weapons and save lives.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter of great urgency to the American people.


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