Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) joined President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for a special White House event formally announcing the creation of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a move that Rep. Frost and the gun violence prevention movement has championed for years and marks the first time the federal government will have a coordinated response to this epidemic.
The action by President Biden comes months after Frost, the former Organizing Director at March for Our Lives, joined forces with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and gun violence prevention organizations to introduce a bill that would create the first ever federal office to establish a coordinated response to the gun violence crisis that is claiming over 100 lives a day.
“After years of organizing as a young person impacted by gun violence in America, like so many, and introducing my first bill ever to create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, it was an honor to stand alongside President Biden and Vice President Harris as the Biden Administration turned our calls for action into reality. For the first time ever, we will have a federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention. This move will save lives,” said Rep. Frost.
