{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-and-colleagues-introduce-bill-reverse-gun-silencer-giveaway", "Rep. Neguse and Colleagues Introduce Bill To Reverse Gun Silencer Giveaway", "2025-12-22", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Joe Neguse", "N000191", "neguse.house.gov", "neguse", "https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "December 22, 2025\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) joined Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), as well as, Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL), to introduce the Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act, which would repeal Republican tax breaks for silencers and sawed-off shotguns included in the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB),\u201d and repurpose the funding to Medicare \u2014 which would equal $1.7 billion over the next decade.\n\nEarlier this year, Neguse and his colleagues on the House Rules Committee exposed Republicans\u2019 last-minute move to eliminate firearm silencer regulations during the panel\u2019s marathon 21-hour hearing on the OBBB. After it was ultimately included in the House-passed bill, the Congressman led a letter to Senate leaders urging the Chamber to commit to remove the language in question.\n\nThe deregulation of firearm silencers was since removed from the legislation, however, the removal of excise taxes remained.\n\n\u201cThis summer, Republicans passed a provision in the dead-of-night that eliminated excise taxes on firearm silencers. This change is devastating to public safety and greatly impedes law enforcement efforts to keep our communities safe,\u201d said Congressman Neguse. \u201cToday, alongside my colleagues Senator Alsobrooks and Representative Frost, we\u2019ve introduced a simple bill that reverses this policy and reinforces the long-maintained regulations for firearm silencers under the NFA \u2013 because the American people and our law enforcement deserve better.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis legislation is a 2-for-1 response to Republicans driving up health care costs and letting guns invade our communities. When Republicans snuck in tax cuts to the Big Ugly Bill on gun silencers and short-barreled rifles, they made their position clear: guns matter more than Americans\u2019 lives. At a time when health care costs are skyrocketing, and just days after yet another tragic school shooting, now is the time to act. Our bill will repeal the unnecessary tax cuts on deadly weapons and use the money saved for Americans\u2019 health care, which has been decimated by Republicans,\u201d said Senator Alsobrooks.\n\n\u201cWhile an endless cycle of gun violence continues to tear apart communities across our nation, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are gutting Americans\u2019 health care to pay for handouts for their billionaire buddies, including the gun industry. With this legislation, we\u2019re reversing a reckless gun industry tax giveaway and redirecting that funding towards strengthening Medicare and protecting public health,\u201d said Senator Van Hollen.\n\n\u201cIn a bill that was chock full of right-wing handouts, the tax break Republicans created for sawed-off shotguns and silencers might be the most ridiculous. Repealing it and plowing that money back into health care is a no brainer,\u201d Senator Wyden said.\n\n\"Trump\u2019s so-called \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d doesn\u2019t just slash life-saving programs like SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare\u2014it also makes our communities less safe by subsidizing silencers and sawed-off shotguns, weapons that make mass shootings deadlier and harder to stop. At a time when our country has seen more mass shootings than days in the year, and as seniors and families face rising health care costs, this legislation reverses these tax cuts and puts people\u2019s health, safety, and well-being above the profits of the gun industry,\u201d said Congressman Frost.\n\n\u201cThis bill reverses a dangerous giveaway to the gun industry by restoring long-standing National Firearms Act taxes on silencers and sawed-off shotguns\u2014safeguards that have been in place since the NFA was enacted in 1934,\u201d said Po Murray, Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance. \u201cThe so-called \u2018One Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 erased these common-sense taxes, making the most dangerous weapons cheaper and easier to access. Senators Alsobrooks and Wyden are correcting that mistake by restoring the taxes and redirecting $1.7 billion to Medicare, prioritizing public safety and health care over special interests. Newtown Action Alliance implores Congress to urgently pass this legislation.\u201d\n\n\u201cFor nearly a century, this nation has sensibly and specially regulated silencers and certain firearms because they pose a severe threat to public safety if placed in the wrong hands. Trump\u2019s One Big Ugly Bill gave the gun industry a tax break on NFA weapons, including silencers, that allows them to categorically put profits over people\u2019s lives and while also forcing massive cuts to Medicaid and Medicare \u2013 further endangering survivors of gun violence and all others who rely on these programs. Brady thanks Senators Alsobrooks and Wyden for their leadership in introducing this legislation to repeal this dangerous tax cut for the gun industry and help ensure access to medical care for survivors of gun violence,\u201d said Mark Collins, Federal Policy Director, Brady.\n\nRead the full text of the bill HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-and-colleagues-introduce-bill-reverse-gun-silencer-giveaway"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8800262585282326, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}