What is Jay Dickey?
{{Infobox Congressman | name = Jay Dickey | image name = jaydickey.jpg | birth_name = Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|12|14}} | death_date= {{death date and age|2017|4|20|1939|12|14}} | birth_place = [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], [[Arkansas]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_place = Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. | state = [[Arkansas]] | district = [[Arkansas's 4th congressional district|4th]] | term_start = January 3, 1993 | term_end = January 3, 2001 | preceded = [[Beryl Anthony, Jr.]] | succeeded = [[Mike Ross (politician)|Mike Ross]] | education = [[Pine Bluff High School]] | alma_mater = [[Hendrix College]]<br>[[University of Arkansas School of Law]] | party = [[Republican Party of Arkansas|Republican]] | spouse = | children = | religion = }} '''Jay Woodson Dickey, Jr.''' (December 14, 1939 &ndash; April 20, 2017) was an American politician. He was a former [[U.S. Representative]] from the Fourth Congressional District of [[Arkansas]]. He served in Congress from 1993 to 2001. Both the [[Dickey Amendment (1996)]], which blocks CDC funds to be used for injury prevention research that might advocate or promote gun control, and the [[Dickey-Wicker Amendment]] (1995), which prohibits federal funds to be spent on research that involves the destruction of a human [[embryo]], are named for him. After the [[2012 Aurora shooting]], former congressman Dickey said that he regrets his role in blocking the CDC from researching gun violence.<ref>{{cite news| title= We won’t know the cause of gun violence until we look for it | url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-wont-know-the-cause-of-gun-violence-until-we-look-for-it/2012/07/27/gJQAPfenEX_print.html | publisher=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=2012-12-20}}</ref> Dickey died on April 20, 2017 in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]], aged 77.<ref>[http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/apr/21/former-arkansas-congressman-jay-dickey-dies/ Former Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dic