[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SURGING CRIME CRISIS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Nehls) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NEHLS. Madam Speaker, crime is up across the country.
  Cities that defunded their police are now facing the consequences. 
Police chiefs have gone on national TV to literally beg for more 
support and assistance. What started as a far-left political slogan 
ended up impacting real-world policy in numerous Democrat-run cities.
  Now, crime is surging across America. Just the other day, there was a 
brazen shootout a mile away from the White House.
  The facts and the numbers do not lie. This is President Biden's crime 
crisis.
  Rather than face the radical elements of their own party, the 
Democrats are deflecting responsibility.
  Defunding the police means less law enforcement officers on the 
streets, less crimes getting solved, and less criminals getting 
arrested. The only people who benefit from defunded police are the 
criminals themselves.
  We are a nation of laws and law and order. We owe it to the American 
people to do what we can to keep them safe, even if the Biden 
administration won't.

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