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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

Letter

By: Jamie Raskin, Jared Huffman, Ami Bera, Jackie Speier, Jimmy Panetta, Adam Schiff, Ted Lieu, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Lou Correa, Mike Levin, Susan Davis, Joe Courtney, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Alcee Hastings, Sr., Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, John Lewis, Bobby Rush, Mike Quigley, Bill Foster, John Yarmuth, Katherine Clark, Anthony Brown, Haley Stevens, Brenda Lawrence, Betty McCollum, Raul Grijalva, Doris Matsui, Mark DeSaulnier, John Garamendi, Jerry McNerney, Eric Swalwell, T.J. Cox, Tony Cárdenas, Raul Ruiz, Mark Takano, Alan Lowenthal, Juan Vargas, Ed Perlmutter, Rosa DeLauro, Stephanie Murphy, Ted Deutch, Donna Shalala, Lucy McBath, Robin Kelly, Jan Schakowsky, Lauren Underwood, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, Dan Kildee, Debbie Dingell, Angie Craig, Lacy Clay, Jr., Chris Pappas, Frank Pallone, Jr., Bill Pascrell, Jr., Deb Haaland, Zoe Lofgren, Julia Brownley, Grace Napolitano, Gil Cisneros, Katie Porter, Harley Rouda, Scott Peters, John Larson, Eleanor Norton, Charlie Crist, Jr., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hank Johnson, Jr., David Scott, Chuy Garcia, Brad Schneider, André Carson, Joe Kennedy III, Ayanna Pressley, Andy Levin, Rashida Tlaib, Dean Phillips, David Price, Annie Kuster, Tom Malinowski, Mikie Sherrill, Dina Titus, Grace Meng, Adriano Espaillat, Nita Lowey, Paul Tonko, Suzanne Bonamici, Dwight Evans, David Cicilline, Steve Cohen, Joaquin Castro, Abigail Spanberger, Gerry Connolly, Gwen Moore, Alma Adams, Joshua Gottheimer, Albio Sires, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Thomas Suozzi, Yvette Clarke, José Serrano, Sean Maloney, Joe Morelle, Earl Blumenauer, Madeleine Dean, Jim Langevin, Al Green, Lloyd Doggett II, Don Beyer, Jr., Pramila Jayapal, Kathleen Rice, Max Rose, Eliot Engel, Antonio Delgado, Joyce Beatty, Brendan Boyle, Chrissy Houlahan, Jim Cooper, Sheila Jackson Lee, Donald McEachin, Jennifer Wexton, Adam Smith
Date: Nov. 19, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Guns

We strongly urge you to vote on and pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Check Act, and H.R 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act.

Just this week, we witnessed yet another tragedy--the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California. Sadly, it is only the latest example of the gun violence plaguing our country from Orinda to Dayton, Chicago to El Paso, Virginia Beach to Charlotte, and many other communities that never make the headlines. You cannot allow such senseless loss of life to continue unabated. You must act.

More than 260 days ago, the House Democratic Majority acted decisively, on a bipartisan basis, and with the support of more than 90 percent of the American people to pass legislation that addresses our nation's epidemic of gun violence. Since then, you have taken no action on these life-saving measures in the Senate. This delay is unconscionable.

Background checks save lives. Every day, our background check system stops more than 170 felons and 50 domestic abusers from acquiring a firearm. Every day the Senate fails to act increases the likelihood these dangerous individuals can get a gun anyway and lives will be lost.

Again, we urge you to hold a vote on H.R 8, the Bipartisan Background Check Act, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act. You can still do the right thing for our communities. The eyes of our nation and of history are on you. Thank you for your attention to this grave matter of urgency.


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