WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09), in partnership with the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in the case Viramontes v. Cook County (consolidated with Grant v. Higgins), a major Second Amendment case addressing the constitutionality of semi-automatic rifles. More than 60 House Republicans joined Rep. Clyde on the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) led seven of his Georgia Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr urging him to issue a legal opinion clarifying a discrepancy in Georgia law that could prevent law-abiding Georgians from fully exercising their recently restored Second Amendment rights following the landmark ruling in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) led nearly 50 of his House and Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to decline any appeal of last week’s historic ruling against National Firearms Act (NFA) registration for $0 NFA tax firearms, as well as to apply and set it nationwide through… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) led nearly 30 of his House Republican colleagues in sending a letter Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Robert Cekada urging the agency to limit the retention of firearm records to 20 years and immediately destroy digitally recorded firearm registration records.   On May 6th, the ATF issued a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) led over 30 of his House Republican colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump advocating for the next U.S. Attorney General to execute key Second Amendment priorities.   The lawmakers outline a clear, actionable roadmap consisting of three critical… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced the Constitutional Hearing Protection Act (CHPA) to remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of suppressors under the National Firearms Act (NFA).   “Burdensome regulations and unconstitutional taxes shouldn’t stand in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) reintroduced the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act to remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and any other weapons (AOWs) under the National Firearms Act (NFA). Senator Roger Marshall, M.D (R-KS) introduced the Senate… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced the Medicaid Funds Integrity Act to prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to finance so-called “gun violence prevention” programs. In… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) introduced the No Guns for Illegal Aliens Act to prohibit illegal aliens from using government-issued IDs to purchase firearms.   Currently, 19 states and Washington, D.C. offer driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. Additionally, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) controversial Secure Docket Card pilot program… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance Congressman Andrew Clyde’s (GA-09) Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval, H.J.Res. 144, by a vote of 14-9. The legislation would overturn the… Read more »