[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2024]
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                        PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES

  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, this is National Police Week pursuant to 
Public Law 87-726, enacted on October 1, 1962, National Police Week 
here in the United States Congress, where Congress honors the courage, 
the bravery, the service, the sacrifice, and the heroism of members of 
law enforcement. Is that correct?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not stating a proper 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, a further parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, do the House rules require compliance with 
the 2022 Public Law 117-103, signed by the President at the time, that 
requires a plaque listing the names of all police officers who defended 
the Capitol on January 6 to be placed on the western front of the 
Capitol Building?
  Do the House rules require compliance with that public law?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not respond to an inquiry 
regarding the general application of the rules of the House to a matter 
not currently pending before the House.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, a further parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, we appear to be in violation of the House 
rules, given that the law that was passed in 2022 required that a 
plaque honoring those heroic police officers be placed on the western 
front of the Capitol Building no later than March 15, 2023, but 791 
days have passed, and this Republican Congress has refused to comply 
with the law.
  It is time to honor those heroic officers. It is unconscionable. It 
is unpatriotic. It is unfathomable. It is unacceptable. It is un-
American. You need to honor those officers and treat them with the 
dignity and respect that they deserve.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a parliamentary 
inquiry.

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