[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REPUBLICANS SUPPORT POLICE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Nehls) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NEHLS. Mr. Speaker, as a 30-year law enforcement veteran, the 
rhetoric and hatred I have seen toward law enforcement the past 12 
months are, quite honestly, infuriating.
  Liberal cities across our country have defunded hundreds of millions 
from their police. Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Austin, they all cut 
police budgets, and every single one of them is now experiencing 
skyrocketing crime.
  No surprise. Less police equal more crime, common sense that doesn't 
seem all too common in today's Democratic Party.
  Whatever happened to the Democratic Party of Bill Clinton? In 1994, 
Clinton added 100,000 law enforcement officers to the streets with the 
COPS grants. Today's Democratic Party is unrecognizable to that party.
  The socialist squad is the de facto leaders of the Democrats, and 
they are the driving force behind the defund the police movement. They 
would rather see 100,000 less police than 100,000 more.
  The Republican Party has never wavered in our steadfast support for 
our Nation's law enforcement. I hope to see the Democrats will one day 
embrace common sense and join us.

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