Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) co-sponsored and voted in support of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. The historically bipartisan effort split along party lines when the NRA announced it would be recommending a “No” vote and scoring members of Congress based on their vote this week.   “The House stood up for women and… Read more »

Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) today voted for the successful passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act Of 2019. “Thoughts and tweets don’t save lives, action saves lives,” Phillips said. “I made a commitment to take real action for gun violence prevention and I was pleased to follow through on that with my colleagues in the House today. Universal… Read more »

Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) today announced that he is an original sponsor of a bill to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban (H.R. 1296). Phillips, a gun owner himself, has been a strong advocate for commonsense measures that would help save lives. “Thoughts and tweets don’t save lives,” said Phillips. “Courage and action saves lives. The facts are staggering, and the… Read more »

Rep. Dean Phillips announced today that he has co-sponsored his second bill, H.R.8, which would require universal background checks on all gun sales -- a policy supported by over 90% of Americans, including the vast majority of gun owners like Rep. Phillips himself. “This is not a partisan issue,” said Phillips. “In fact, the vast majority of Democrats, independents… Read more »

Today Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chairman Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that Member-Elect Dean Phillips (MN-03) has joined the Task Force for the 116th Congress. “Thoughts and tweets don’t save lives — courage and action save lives,” said Member-Elect Phillips. “I am committed to advancing commonsense solutions to… Read more »