[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 159 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise to celebrate the work 
Democrats are doing to create safer communities across America. Living 
safely should not be determined by your ZIP Code, your ethnicity, or 
your salary.
  That is why, last week, Democrats passed four public safety bills, 
including:
  The Invest to Protect Act, which helps local police departments with 
less than 125 officers to hire additional officers;
  The Mental Health Justice Act, which provides for training of mental 
health professionals to respond to mental health crises;
  The Break the Cycle of Violence Act, which provides grant dollars for 
neighborhood crime prevention programs; and
  The VICTIM Act, which allows us to hire and train more detectives to 
investigate violent crimes.
  Keeping families safe by putting people first and putting people over 
politics is what Democrats do.

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