House Minority Whip Katherine Clark first ran for office to support the women, children, and families of her district and to achieve high-quality childcare and education for our kids. Like so many Americans, she knows that a critical piece of that mission is taking on America’s deadly epidemic of gun violence. In each of her prior roles, which include time spent as a school board member, as a Massachusetts state representative, and as a state senator, Whip Clark has always led with her values and fought for commonsense solutions to the issues of the day.

Since she came to Congress in 2013, Whip Clark has been a proud and vocal supporter of gun safety measures. She believes that reforming our laws to ensure that guns are sold and used responsibly is essential for improving public safety, and she has proudly co-sponsored bills to strengthen background checks, reduce gun trafficking, eliminate ghost guns, and protect victims of domestic violence. 

In 2016, following the tragic shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Whip Clark teamed up with her friend, the late Congressman John Lewis, to hold a sit-in on the House floor for nearly 26 hours, calling on the then Republican-led body to hold votes on gun safety measures. As a mother, she is serious about passing on this spirit of activism to her children—in fact, her teenager even led their local community’s March for Our Lives protest after the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 

In a new gun safety majority, we know that Whip Clark’s leadership will be essential in building upon tangible successes like the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and passing new lifesaving legislation to curb our epidemic of violence. She is committed to making strides on this issue, and we must reelect her this fall. We know that Whip Katherine Clark is just getting started, and we are excited to see the progress she will be a part of in 2025 and beyond.

We are proud to endorse Katherine Clark for the US House of Representatives.