These lawmakers are trying to interfere with "the right to make your own healthcare decisions, the right to raise your own children"
"His courageous parents, Judy and Dennis Shepard, turned Matthew’s memory into a movement to combat the scourge of anti-LGBTQ+ hate"
The president and first lady will speak at the group's National Dinner on Saturday
Biden has attended the dinner four times, delivering the keynote twice when vice president during the Obama-Biden administration
The administration said its aim is to implement and expand the provisions of last year's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
The first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, to be overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law in May
‘We cannot turn away from abuses’
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced measure on Aug. 1
Vice President Harris & White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre issued separate statements objecting to the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling