Jake was born and raised in the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District he now represents, the son of a surgeon and a scientist. They taught him the values of curiosity and integrity. He and his older brother and sister grew up in the Jewish faith tradition and attended the Newton Public Schools. His 2nd-grade teacher saw he loved to read and gave him books on United States history. He was hooked.
I slept, ate, trained, and patrolled with an assault weapon for four years as a Marine officer. Weapons of war have no place on our streets or near our schools.
In addition to fighting for an assault weapons ban, I am also working for common-sense gun safety measures like background checks, red-flag laws, safe-storage requirements, and evidence-based violence-intervention policy.
My work in Congress has earned me the Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate Distinction and Brady PAC's endorsement .