Would you say that many of the DOJ-funded programs like the ones you mentioned in your written statement do, in fact, work?

At this juncture, we must not return to antiquated thinking of tough on crime laws that led to over policing, mass incarceration, and the devastation of impacted communities.

reimagining means you fund housing, education, and policing.

It is a misinterpretation of that we are promoting in our reasonable response to holding law enforcement accounting while also building police-community relationships.

So, those aspects of good policing could, in fact, improve a community cooperation and information gathering?

Again, we have both the Subcommittee and the Full Committee. These are important questions. I'm glad that the Chair has clarified the question of police funding...

Expanding our idea of what constitutes public safety is key to keeping our communities safe, to community-driven solutions carefully tailored to meet each community's specific needs.

That is not just bad policy, it is not just failed policy, it is not just making us less safe, but it is policy that is actually deadly.

We would like to see it end, but we cannot forget those victims who are in need on these issues.

I believe this Committee must have an eye for consistently improving the SBIR and STTR programs, particularly when it comes to commercialization.

To address these challenges, I have worked across the aisle with my colleague, Representative Balderson, to introduce the Research Advancing Market Production (RAMP) for Innovators Act.

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On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221, nays 202, not voting 9, as…

Here to explain the amendment is one of the bill's authors, the Natural Resources Committee ranking member and my good friend. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman).