[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 121 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TIME TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT

  (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. Madam Speaker, recently, I had the chance 
to meet with members of the Fraternal Order of Police while back home 
in Pennsylvania, and the stories that they shared were shocking.
  They talked about how illegal drugs, like heroin, methamphetamine, 
and fentanyl, continue to be widely available on our streets.
  Now, as overdose deaths continue to soar, our communities are seeing 
the result of President Biden's open border policies that have allowed 
these drugs to pour into our communities, bringing with them terrible 
side effects that destroy our towns, our neighborhoods, and, 
unfortunately, sometimes families.
  It is time to do more than stand with law enforcement. It is time to 
work with law enforcement and give them the tools they need to take 
these drugs off of our streets.
  We cannot allow our police officers to be defunded while this crisis 
continues. It is time to work with law enforcement, to stand with them. 
It is time to stop the drug crisis that each and every community in 
America today is facing.

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