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House Majority Leader Hoyer Writes Third Letter to House Sergeant at Arms, Urges Ban on Firearms in U.S. Capitol
April 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 28, 2022:

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) sent a third letter to the House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker, calling again for a ban on the use of firearms in the U.S. Capitol. The letter, sent last night, follows two previous letters to the Capitol Police Board asking for clarity around firearm safety in the Capitol Complex.

In the first letter, . . .

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