I recently was driving behind a pickup truck that sported a bumper sticker with a U.S. Marine Corps logo and these words: “When it absolutely positively has to be destroyed overnight.” That line…

In the rural area where I live, those black flags with the thin-blue-line stripe have supplanted the stars and stripes as the chosen expression of patriotism. I refer to them as the “please tread…

From Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley:

Additionally, Rep. Pressley cosponsored a series of amendments related to the 1033 program, including Rep. Velasquez’s amendment to eliminate the program and…

From The Intercept:

A coalition of more than 90 groups spanning the political spectrum had endorsed Pressley’s proposed moratorium on 1033. On Monday, they sought to raise momentum around the…

WASHINGTON (Sept. 17, 2021)— The R Street Institute urges all members of Congress to support efforts to place a moratorium on the 1033 Program in H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act…

August 31, 2021

Dear Members of the House Armed Services Committee,

The undersigned organizations from across the political spectrum urge you to support the amendment offered by Rep. Veronica…

“This commonsense amendment, which has bipartisan support in Congress, would make our communities safer by getting weapons of war and military equipment off of our streets and out of our…

In 2020, more than 90,000 people in the United States died of a drug overdose. Nearly two-thirds of those deaths involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and its analogues, often collectively…