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WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2015 by a bipartisan vote of 340-73. The bill included language requested by Rep. Kelly to prohibit any funding by the Department of Defense for the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
WASHINGTON — Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced an amendment last night to H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (NDAA), to prohibit federal funding for the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for one year. The amendment was adopted unanimously by the House of Representatives by a voice vote and included in the final passage of the NDAA, which Rep. Kelly voted to support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 1808, Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) called on U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai and the Biden administration to prioritize trade deals that strengthen U.S. national security and make America more competitive.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA) voted against this week’s Democrat gun control proposals, H.R. 8, and H.R. 1112, which would place an undue burden on law-abiding U.S. citizens attempting to purchase firearms. Supporters of the bills claim they would stop or reduce gun violence, despite that most gun crime is carried out by illegally owned firearms.
WASHINGTON — Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today after the House Appropriations Committee approved the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2014 which imposes a one-year ban on the use of federal funds for the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by the State Department.
Includes language requested by Kelly to continue ban on funding
for UN Arms Trade Treaty
Defense Department to fund research on pediatric brain tumors
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement tonight in support of the nomination by President Donald Trump of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today after submitting a letter to President Obama voicing opposition to the planned First Conference of State Parties (CSP) to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – a UN-backed gathering to shape the future of the ATT – due to its exclusion of any organization critical of the treaty.
“An agenda that lived by the pen can & should die by the pen”
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement today calling on President-elect Donald Trump to use his executive authority, once in office, to cancel, rescind, and undo all of President Obama’s executive orders, particularly those which have negatively affected American energy, gun rights, health care, immigration, religious liberty, small businesses, and the right to life.
Rep. Kelly: “A tragic day for our national sovereignty”
WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Kelly issued the following statement on April 1, 2013, regarding the anticipated vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, to approve a resolution adopting the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which has been co-sponsored by the United States delegation. The ATT conference concluded last week with a failure to reach a consensus agreement on the treaty. Rep. Kelly is the original sponsor of H. Con. Res.
Sends letter to President Obama co-signed by 34 new members
of Congress expressing full opposition to treaty
Treaty threatens US sovereignty, lawful firearm ownership,
Rep. Kelly issued the following statement on Thursday, March 28, 2013, regarding the collapse of negotiations at the United Nations conference to finalize the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). He is the original sponsor of H. Con. Res. 23, a bipartisan concurrent resolution to oppose the treaty, which currently has 129 co-sponsors in the House and 34 co-sponsors in the Senate. In his private capacity, Rep. Kelly also created an online petition to stop the ATT which attracted the support of thousands of Americans and was submitted to the White House on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today in opposition to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) as the body begins its final negotiations over the treaty at the U.N. headquarters today in New York. Rep. Kelly, a national leader in the movement to stop the ATT, introduced H. Con. Res.
Treaty will enter into force on Christmas Eve
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today regarding the imminent entry into force of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will occur on December 24, 2014 — 90 days, as required, after the 50th nation ratified the treaty. The United States signed the treaty on September 25, 2013, but has never ratified it.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) released the following report today, to be e-mailed to his constituents throughout Pennsylvania’s Third Congressional District, to serve as a year-end overview of his office’s legislative achievements and constituent relations throughout 2014.
Dear Constituent:
Over the past twelve months, I had the extraordinary privilege of continuing to represent you in our nation’s capital during the second and final session of the 113th Congress.
“Unified Government, Historic Results”
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) released the following report today, to be e-mailed to his constituents throughout the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania, to serve as a year-end overview of his office’s legislative achievements and constituent relations throughout 2017.
"Getting Things Done, Standing on Principle"
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) released the following report today, to be e-mailed to his constituents throughout Pennsylvania’s Third Congressional District, to serve as a year-in-review of his office’s legislative achievements and constituent relations throughout 2015.
Dear Constituent:
“Making a Difference Today, Preparing for Tomorrow”
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) released the following report today, to be e-mailed to his constituents throughout the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania, to serve as a year-end overview of his office’s legislative achievements and constituent relations throughout 2016.
Dear Constituent:
WASHINGTON — Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) released the following letter today, to be e-mailed to his constituents throughout Pennsylvania’s Third Congressional District, to serve as a year-end overview of his office’s legislative achievements and constituent relations throughout 2013.
Dear Constituent:
More than 80 Members of Congress co-sign letters in support of Kelly amendments to prohibit ATT funding
WASHINGTON — Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today regarding four letters he authored and submitted to the bipartisan leaders of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Programs requesting updated and strengthened language prohibiting federal f
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today regarding a bipartisan letter he authored and submitted to President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry petitioning the administration not to sign the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
“The right vision at the right time to guide us in the right direction”
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Donald J. Trump’s address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
Bill includes Kelly language banning federal dollars for UN Arms Trade Treaty
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today in support of H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, which would allow law-abiding citizens with a state-issued concealed carry license or permit to carry a handgun in any other state that also has concealed carry laws as long as the individual follows the laws of that state. The legislation was passed this afternoon by a bipartisan vote of 231-198.
WASHINGTON — Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) authored and submitted a letter to President Obama on April 2, 2014 – the first anniversary of the majority-rule adoption by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly of the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – reminding the president of the bipartisan letter he sent him