[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2937]
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                          National Police Week

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today, we are approaching the end of 
this year's National Police Week, so I come to the floor to talk about 
what Congress can do to support the brave men and women who protect us.
  In a few moments, I will go to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where 
I am chair, to take up eight bills that I have worked out with Ranking 
Member Durbin and members of the committee--in other words, bipartisan 
bills.
  Each of these bills support law enforcement and gives law enforcement 
critical tools to protect us Americans. For example, one of these bills 
protects first responders from accidental exposure to fentanyl. Another 
bill reauthorizes the task force and helps keep our children safe 
online. A third bill bolsters the PSOB Program to protect first 
responders' loved ones, should they bravely sacrifice themselves in the 
line of duty. That is just a sampling of the list of bipartisan bills 
that we will be considering today.
  I take this opportunity to thank my colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle for taking this National Police Week seriously, very seriously. I 
have always backed the blue, and that is why I have set these eight 
bills on the committee's agenda.
  Once these bills are reported out of committee, I am committed to 
moving them through the Senate expeditiously, and I assume, through 
their bipartisan sponsorship, that we will have bipartisan support on 
the floor of the U.S. Senate.
  I call on my colleagues, then, to join me in supporting our law 
enforcement community by passing my Police Week bills as quickly as 
possible.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.