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Scott Peters' Public Statements on Issue: Legal

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 50

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01/06/2022 Rep. Peters on Jan. 6 Anniversary: "Our democracy requires the fearless participation and resolve of both political parties; Republicans were too scared to stand up for the country when we needed them most."
09/23/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice, the Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Francis Collins, Director of the United States Department of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, Colleagues Demand DOJ Investigation on Illegal Fetal Tissue Research
05/11/2021 Letter to Hon. Thomas J. Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture and Hon. Merrick Garland, US Attorney General - Senators, Representatives Call on Biden Administration to Withdraw from Proposition 12 Challenges
03/18/2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis
10/30/2018 Letter to the Hon. Herbert Slattery III, Tennessee Attorney General - Drop Pending Litigation that Seeks to Allow Insurance Companies to Deny Health Insurance Coverage to Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions
07/26/2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Edward Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Congress Members Demand Hearing on 3-D Printed Guns Settlement
06/28/2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border
04/19/2018 Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
07/14/2015 House Scheduled to Vote on Innovation Act in July, Senate Could Take up Patent Act this Year
07/14/2015 Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Highlights Broad Opposition to Sweeping Anti-Patent Legislation Moving Through Congress
06/26/2015 Rep. Peters' Statement on Marriage Equality Ruling
06/25/2015 Rep. Peters' Statement on King v. Burwell Ruling
03/06/2015 Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
07/30/2014 Rep. Peters Decries Time Wasted on Lawsuit to Sue the President
03/31/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House, Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee - Voting Rights Act
06/26/2013 Congressman Peters' Statement on Supreme Court Rulings on DOMA & Proposition 8
03/26/2013 San Diego Union Tribune - Region Weighs in on Prop. 8 Hearing
03/26/2013 Congressman Peters' Statement on the Supreme Court of the United States Taking Up Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act
06/28/2012 Statement from Scott Peters on SCOTUS Decision: Americans Will Benefit
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