[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H467-H468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PROTECTING AGAINST EXTREME GOVERNMENT OVERREACH

  (Mr. WHITESIDES asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. WHITESIDES. Mr. Speaker, I want to take a minute to talk about 
the events of this week and to rise on behalf of law enforcement in 
this country.
  I know that people across my district and across the country are 
deeply concerned about the personal data being exposed in an act of 
extreme government overreach. We are doing everything we can to put a 
stop to it. We are pursuing legislation that will stop it, and we will 
also work on legal avenues to prevent this and other unlawful executive 
actions taken by this administration.
  I also want to take a moment to talk about the recent attacks against 
the FBI and brave law enforcement officials who defended our Capitol on 
January 6 from a violent insurrection.
  In just the past 2 weeks, violent criminals were released from prison 
and have been making direct threats against public safety officers who 
helped put them away. These law enforcement officers have now been 
asked to step away from their actual jobs to take surveys and loyalty 
tests to the current President.
  That is not how we should treat our law enforcement, our FBI, or 
anyone who has put their own safety at risk to protect all of us. We 
must all step up in this historic moment to be on the record for law 
enforcement.

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