Jeff Abramson

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Testimony by Jeff Abramson, Senior FellowArms Control AssociationThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations“Proposed Small Arms Transfers: Big Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy”March 26, 2019Good morning, Chair Bera and Ranking Member Zeldin. It is a privilege to testify before this Committee and discuss concerns about how the United States exports some of the weapons most used in violence around the world and proposed changes that I fear could lead to greater human suffering.1To sum up my forthcoming remarks in just a few lines: The weapons and ammunition that…

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This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill, February 20, 2019. As the nation is reminded of the tragic consequences of gun violence with the one-year anniversary of the Parkland school shooting, the Trump administration is pushing forward with plans to expedite the export abroad of the same kind of military-style weapons used in many of the mass shootings that have taken place in recent years. These are not the commodities that the United States should make easier to export. Congress can and should stop the changes, which would put the Department of Commerce in charge of regulating these…

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