[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STAND WITH POLICE

  (Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, right now crime throughout 
America is on the rise. One year ago, Democrats across our country 
began their calls to defund the police. And now, today, we are seeing 
the sad reality that their words and actions have had deadly 
consequences throughout American communities.
  Last year, over a dozen U.S. cities set dismal new records for the 
number of murders that have occurred in their streets. What we are 
seeing right now is more drugs, more carjackings, more violence, and 
more crime. And through all of it, our police officers have been forced 
not only to battle this new wave of lawlessness, but also they have 
been fighting to keep the funding that provides the training and the 
equipment that they need to keep us safe.
  It is actually very simple to see, we cannot afford to defund the 
police. We cannot afford to leave our communities vulnerable to crime. 
It is time for liberals to take public safety seriously. It is time to 
back the men and women in blue. And it is time to stand up for law 
enforcement.

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