[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H4973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  COPS

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Madam Speaker, in 1994 President Clinton, with the help 
of congressional Democrats, established the COPS program. The COPS 
program changed the way we fight crime in this country by giving local 
jurisdictions the support they needed to put over 100,000 new police 
officers on the street. The results were clear: a nationwide drop in 
crime and safer streets in our communities.
  Having been a police officer for 12 years, I proudly support the 
continuation of the COPS program. Unfortunately, the President and the 
Republicans have cut and gut the COPS program.
  The COPS program is needed now more than ever. The threat of 
terrorism has put new burdens on our first responders, and recent news 
reports show violent crime in our cities is again on the rise. As a 
result, the Democrats will seek to put $1.5 billion forth in the budget 
to hire more police officers where they can do the most good, on the 
streets in our communities.
  The COPS program is a proven concept that has the full support of the 
law enforcement community. The Democrats will make the program even 
better.
  Let us work together to put cops back on the streets and give them 
the tools they need to keep us and America safe.

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