ared Huffman represents California’s 2nd Congressional District which spans the North Coast of the state, from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, and includes Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte counties. He was first elected to Congress in November 2012 and currently serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. In the 117th Congress, he chairs the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife, with jurisdiction over federal water projects, fisheries management, coastal zone and oceans policy, and wildlife and endangered species. Jared also founded the Congressional Freethought Caucus to promote sound public policy based on reason, science and moral values, while protecting the secular character of government and championing the value of freedom of thought worldwide.
Congress must act to address the gun violence epidemic in this country. I am an original cosponsor of Rep. Mike Thompson’s H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, to require a background check for every firearm sale.
Although, we’re fortunate that California has strict gun safety laws, I have continued working to minimize federal loopholes and pass commonsense regulations to protect law-abiding citizens in California and throughout the nation. As a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, I have worked to strengthen gun safety laws, including as a cosponsor of the Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to expand the federal background check system, as well as legislation to end Congress’s 20 year ban on federal gun violence research.
In 2016, I joined my Democratic colleagues, led by iconic civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, in a sit-in on the House floor to urge an immediate vote on gun safety legislation that has been stalled for years. Read more about this historic effort HERE.