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NEWS: Statement from Congressman Greg Casar on DOJ’s Uvalde Report

January 18, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas) releases the following statement in response to the U.S. Justice Department report on the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. 

“Nothing will bring back the Uvalde children, teachers, and family members whose lives were stolen on May 24, 2022. Families deserve the truth, accountability, and justice, and my heart is with them today,” said Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas). “We must take action to prevent future mass shootings — ban assault weapons, expand background checks, and learn from these failures. We must hold Greg Abbott and other public officials to account. Our children deserve to feel safe and protected, always.”

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Congressman Greg Casar represents Texas’s 35th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which runs down I-35 from East Austin to Hays County to the West Side of San Antonio.  A labor organizer and son of Mexican immigrants, Casar serves as the Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the 118th Congress. He also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Agriculture.