[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       VOTE TO SAVE COPS PROGRAM

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, today, we will vote on the Commerce, 
Justice, State, and Judiciary appropriation bill, which contains the 
COPS Program. Not only does this bill do away with the successful COPS 
Program, but if we look on page 21 of the bill, it repudiates the COPS 
contract that the Department of Justice has signed with our local 
communities. If my colleagues have received a police officer in their 
district under the COPS Program, Federal funding for the third year of 
this program may be taken away.
  Having walked a beat myself as a city police officer, I am concerned 
that not only does the police officer have to worry about his or her 
personal safety and the community's safety, but now they have to worry 
about their employment security and safety. The new majority wishes to 
break the contract with our police officers. Fifty-four police officers 
in my district are at risk. So let us stand up for the police officers 
in our communities, let us not allow this new majority to risk the 
employment opportunities for our police officers. Vote ``yes'' on the 
Democratic motion to recommit to save the COPS Program and continue 
employment of cops in your district.

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