Gun Violence
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) introduced two bicameral bills to investigate marketing practices of the gun industry and to implement consumer safety standards for guns. After years of evading commonsense consumer practices, the gun industry will be held to the same safety and marketing standards as other industries under Rep.
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) led a letter with members of the Illinois delegation demanding ICE accountability to the Offices of Inspector General at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Since the launch of President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” raids by the U.S.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly, vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, introduced three bills to bring commonsense to federal gun policy.
Her first bill, the Recognizing Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency Act (HR 1114), would require the U.S. Surgeon General to provide an annual report to Congress on the public health impacts and cost of gun violence in America – an epidemic that claims nearly 40,000 American lives each and every year.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement on the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). FBI Director Kash Patel was abruptly removed as Acting Director and replaced by U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, as reported exclusively by Reuters.
MATTESON, ILL. – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement recognizing Juneteenth, which marks 160 years since enslaved Black Americans were officially freed:
“Juneteenth is a powerful day to reflect on the progress Black Americans have made to overcome racial barriers. This country was built on the backs of Black people, and then we continued to bleed and fight for our civil rights – from Selma to Little Rock to Pullman in Chicago.
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after voting no on the Charlie Kirk resolution:
“The resolution did not condemn political violence, did not offer solutions to gun violence, and did not include any unifying language to lower temperatures of our country’s political climate. So, let me be clear: I condemn political violence, I have urged my colleagues many times to pass gun safety reform, and I believe our democracy needs healing.
CHICAGO – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement in response to news of President Donald Trump deploying at least 300 National Guard troops to Chicago today:
“President Trump is bringing war to Chicago. He’s called our city violent and out of control, yet he is the one who has endangered our communities, terrorized immigrants, and wreaked chaos. Just last week, ICE agents burst through an apartment building in my district with flashbang grenades and dragged children, some of them naked, into the street. This is not the America I know.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) released the following statement after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis:
“Today’s tragic shooting once again proves that ICE is not in our cities to protect people or for public safety. They are separating families, not only by distance and countries—but by death. My sincere condolences are with the family and loved ones of the woman who died.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) tonight released the following response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address: |
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), Vice Chair of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, delivered a passionate speech on the House floor about the human impacts of gun violence. She highlighted four heartbreaking stories from her constituents about how they have been personally affected by the gun violence epidemic.