I commended the governor for the courage to hold a special session in the face of intense Republican push back, and hope some good comes from it.
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What we need is a ban on assault weapons, strengthened background checks, solid “red flag” laws, preventing straw purchases, repealing constitutional carry and making permit holders establish they know how to handle guns and other practical solutions to the spike in gun-related crime. I discussed Governor Lee’s call for a special session of the state legislature to address gun violence but said its scope is so limited that it may not produce substantive results. On Wednesday evening, I delivered a speech addressing the plague of gun violence in our country and in our city to an audience of state and local leaders gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum for a stop of the “Our Kids Deserve Better” bus tour traveling across Tennessee. Recognizing Isaac Hayes Day in Covington on August 19Īnnouncing $4.5 Million in NIH Grants to UTHSCĮxpressing Sadness for the Losses in Historic Lahaina, Hawaiiįiling for PACT Act Benefits before Monday’s Deadline Urging Biden Administration to Advance Complete Streets Principles and Spending in MemphisĪdvocating that the Trump Criminal Trials be Televised Speaking on Gun Violence at the National Civil Rights Museum
Keep reading and follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (and soon on Threads) to see what I am doing as it happens. I also wrote to President Biden and senior Biden Administration transportation officials advocating “Complete Streets” priorities and spending, particularly for Memphis advocated that the Trump criminal trials be televised praised my old friend Isaac Hayes and reminded everyone that August 19 is Isaac Hayes Day in Covington announced four National Institutes of Health grants totaling more than $4.5 million to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center noted that the deadline for applying for PACT Act benefits has been extended until Monday night, August 14 and offered some back-to-school health tips. This week, I delivered a speech on gun violence and my efforts to prevent it to an audience of state and local leaders at the National Civil Rights Museum.
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