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WASHINGTON, DC- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler today announced the markup of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 (H.R. 1808) on July 20, 2022. In the last two months alone, four gunmen have killed a combined 42 people with assault weapons-including 19 children in Uvalde, Texas. This legislation, sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and cosponsored by 211 Members of the House, would ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons.
"What is the meaning of freedom in America in 2022? This is the question that we, as a society, must confront today in the wake of the Supreme Court's appalling decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which eviscerated the constitutional right to abortion and laid the groundwork for a radical reshaping of our fundamental liberties.
"The Active Shooter Alert Act, is bipartisan legislation that would improve the tools available to law enforcement as they respond to the disturbingly frequent threat of active shooters faced by our communities.
"Immigrants have served in the U.S. armed forces in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War. Today, there are approximately 45,000 immigrants actively serving in the U.S. armed services.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7072, the NDO Fairness Act, which will protect the due process rights of all Americans in the face of excessive government surveillance and data collection. This bipartisan legislation, which passed by voice vote, was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI). H.R. 7072 passed out of the House Judiciary Committee by unanimous voice vote on April 6, 2022. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the senate companion, S.
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House floor, as prepared, during debate of the Protecting Our Kids Act:
"Our nation has been through trying times these last few weeks as we have tried to process the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and all too many other cities. Just this past weekend, we learned of yet another horrific incident in Philadelphia, and yet more carnage in Tennessee, Arizona, Virginia, and South Carolina. And those were just the stories we saw in the news.
WASHINGTON, DC-Following recent mass shootings in Buffalo, NY, Uvalde, TX and Tulsa, OK, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance the "Protecting Our Kids Act" to the House floor. HR 7910 is a comprehensive package of gun violence prevention proposals to stop the spread of gun -related crimes and help prevent future mass casualty shootings. The legislation passed by a vote of 25-19, with all Republicans voting against.