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Time for Action on Gun Violence Prevention

Dear Friend,

Last week, I joined dozens of my fellow House Democrats for a House Floor sit-in to demand votes on bipartisan, common-sense bills to address gun violence.

Still reeling from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, we were led onto the floor by civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis – and we held the floor for 26 hours. When the House cameras were turned off, I and others used Periscope, Facebook Live, Snapchat, Twitter and other platforms to invite Americans into the House of their democracy for this important dialogue.

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Rep. Swalwell sits on the House floor with civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis.

Our Republican colleagues chose to adjourn early and leave Washington rather than heed our call for up-or-down votes on the bipartisan King-Thompson legislation to expand and strengthen our background checks system, and on the bipartisan "No Fly, No Buy" bill to keep guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists.

I still hope my colleagues across the aisle will join us to take action on our shared goal of making our nation safer. Americans don't care who gets the credit – they just want Congress to do the job we were sent here to do.

Is that how you feel about it? I want to know.

SURVEY: Should the House hold votes on common-sense gun reforms?

On Wednesday, I'll hold a Facebook Live "town hall" about the sit-in and where we go from here. Please join me on my Facebook page at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time, and I'll answer some of your questions as you post them in the comments section.

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Sincerely,

Eric Swalwell
Member of Congress