On Wednesday, Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05), who chairs the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, lauded the announcement that a hearing will be held next week on preventing gun violence.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerold Nadler (NY-10) announced that the committee would hold a hearing entitled “Preventing Gun Violence: A Call to Action” next Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m.
This is the first hearing on this topic in nearly a decade and since the Democrats retook the majority in the House of Representatives.
“The U.S. House of Representatives is finally taking action to prevent gun violence – our new majority is answering the call of the American people,” said Thompson. “For six years, our Task Force implored the previous majority to hold hearings and we were denied. This is a new day – we will have a hearing and we will get results. I am deeply grateful to Chairman Nadler for his leadership on this issue. This is just the beginning and I look forward to having a vote on H.R. 8, my Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, and taking action the American people have been demanding. No longer will Congress be silent on this issue.”
The hearing is expected to be livestreamed online; that link will be published once it’s confirmed.
Thompson is the lead author of H.R. 8, a bipartisan bill that expands background checks on all gun sales.
The bill currently has 229 cosponsors, including five Republicans.
To learn more about H.R. 8, click here.
The Gun Violence Prevention Task Force was established after the tragedy at Sandy Hook and has grown to a membership of more than 165.
Thompson lauds House Judiciary Committee plans to hold hearing on gun violence prevention
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