In Congress, he will fight to ensure law-abiding Americans never lose their right to defend themselves, their families, and their communities.
Fight to ensure law-abiding Americans never lose their Second Amendment rights.
Occurrences
In Congress, Matt will work hard to Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion School Choice, Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.
Defend our always under siege Second Amendment
Evidence
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The homepage's Latest News section shows recent items dated April 29-30 and May 1, 2026, including 'Rep. Van Epps Votes YES on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act,' 'Rep. Van Epps Votes to Fund ICE and CBP,' and 'Fifteen Years After Osama bin Laden: Terrorism Has Evolved, Not Disappeared.'
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Congress.gov lists the latest action on H.R. 1041 as 'House - 06/05/2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 112' and still shows the bill status as Introduced.
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The Clerk's member page shows Matt Van Epps as a current Tennessee 7th District Republican member, with an oath of office date of Dec. 04, 2025 and committee assignments on Homeland Security and Science, Space, and Technology.
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Roll Call 190 was on passage of H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. The Clerk lists the vote as Passed, 216 yeas to 201 nays, and lists Van Epps, Republican of Tennessee, voting Yea.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 1041 as Referred in Senate, with last action date June 2, 2026: Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The full title says the bill would prohibit VA from transmitting certain information to DOJ for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
Assessments
Van Epps took same-term action aligned with the promise by voting yes on H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, which passed the House on May 21, 2026 and would limit VA reporting to NICS. However, the bill had only been referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs as of June 2, 2026, with no evidence of enactment by September 7, 2026. A House vote is meaningful effort, but it did not deliver the promised protection as federal law.
Matt Van Epps is still in the same federal House term that began with his Dec. 4, 2025 oath, and the evidence does not show a completed Second Amendment rights protection outcome attributable to him. The cited official activity is unrelated, and H.R. 1041 appears stalled and was already pending before he entered office, with no shown Van Epps authorship, sponsorship, or material advancement. Because he remains in active office and the promise is ongoing, the record is insufficient to rate it as delivered or definitively failed.