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BY GIFFORDS
For Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, championing gun violence prevention is deeply personal. As both an educator and mother in Connecticut at the time of the Sandy Hook tragedy, she understands the immediate need for sensible regulation at a visceral level. As the wife of a police officer, she knows that there are many law-abiding gun owners who are put at risk by those who abuse their access to arms, and that we must step in to keep Americans safe.
In Congress, Representative Hayes’s first-ever resolution was to prohibit the use of federal funds to arm teachers. In the years since, she has also introduced legislation to prevent school-based gun violence and improve data collection on school shootings. On the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Congresswoman Hayes has rallied her colleagues around historic bipartisan legislation, like the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, to implement background checks for all gun purchases, and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act—which was the first major gun safety legislation to be signed into law in nearly 30 years.
However, Representative Hayes’s work did not stop there. Throughout her time in Congress, she has continued to support reforms that would stop the proliferation of ghost guns and incentivize the safe storage of firearms. She has also consistently called for the allocation of federal funding to research gun violence, and has supported bills to expand mental health resources to help those who may turn to violence or inflict harm on themselves with a firearm.
Congresswoman Hayes is a staunch champion of sensible gun violence prevention legislation, and we know that she will continue to advocate for these policies until all Americans can feel safe and secure in their communities. Last cycle, her race was one of the closest in the country—and voters must mobilize like never before to reelect Representative Jahana Hayes to another term so she can continue to deliver needed results for families across Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District.
In Congress, Representative Hayes’s first-ever resolution was to prohibit the use of federal funds to arm teachers. In the years since, she has also introduced legislation to prevent school-based gun violence and improve data collection on school shootings. On the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Congresswoman Hayes has rallied her colleagues around historic bipartisan legislation, like the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, to implement background checks for all gun purchases, and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act—which was the first major gun safety legislation to be signed into law in nearly 30 years.
However, Representative Hayes’s work did not stop there. Throughout her time in Congress, she has continued to support reforms that would stop the proliferation of ghost guns and incentivize the safe storage of firearms. She has also consistently called for the allocation of federal funding to research gun violence, and has supported bills to expand mental health resources to help those who may turn to violence or inflict harm on themselves with a firearm.
Congresswoman Hayes is a staunch champion of sensible gun violence prevention legislation, and we know that she will continue to advocate for these policies until all Americans can feel safe and secure in their communities. Last cycle, her race was one of the closest in the country—and voters must mobilize like never before to reelect Representative Jahana Hayes to another term so she can continue to deliver needed results for families across Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District.
We are proud to endorse Jahana Hayes for the US House of Representatives.
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