[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            DEFUNDING POLICE

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. The laughable attempt by 
senior White House officials to cast Republicans as those that want to 
defund the police is completely ridiculous.
  They put up this fig leaf concept because we didn't support an 
irresponsible, nearly $2 trillion spending package, which had a tiny 
portion of it--$350 million out of $2 trillion--possibly to be able to 
go for local government to decide its own use for police. That is what 
the whole premise is on. So somehow, Republicans are defunding the 
police.
  Well, I think that is the mantra we have seen come from the 
Democrats, some in this Chamber and many at the local government level.
  In New York, for example, one Member from this Chamber said: 
``Defunding police means defunding police.'' New York City proceeded to 
cut $1 billion from the NYPD.
  In Minneapolis, another Member said that it is time to ``reimagine 
public safety in Minneapolis.'' They went on to cut over $6 million. 
But after seeing the error of their ways, they are now restoring the 
money.
  In Los Angeles, for example, there were calls for a cut of $100 
million, and now they are restoring that. Amazing.

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