Murphy Statement On Trump Gutting Federal School Safety Advisory Board

WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.),a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Friday released a statement on the Trump administration terminating the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse Advisory Board, a 26-person committee created by theBipartisan Safer Communities Act:
“President Trump doesn’t care about keeping our kids safe from gun violence. First, he shuttered the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Now, he has terminated all 26 members – from the parents of school shooting victims todirectors of widely trusted school safety organizations– currently serving on a nonpartisan board created bythe Bipartisan Safer Communities Actto make classrooms safer. This board is enshrined in lawand to remove these members without any reason shows how little he cares about our kids and the challenge school leaders face in keeping them safe. President Trump should reinstate these members immediately and stop playing politics with our children's safety.”
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