Zoe Lofgren: “I was distressed that this bill received just 12 hours, really, of discussion. And there were a lot of things that are…”

“I was distressed that this bill received just 12 hours, really, of discussion. And there were a lot of things that are unknown. For example, we did know that only arguably 12 States would qualify. I must point out, California is not among those 12. But we did not specify who gets the excess funds. So it is possible that Florida gets California's money or not. This is a real issue because right now the money we are talking about, the $1.5 billion, is in the violent crime trust fund. Those funds are currently flowing to States and localities. Every State is getting some of that money and so it will be a real loss to cops and prosecutors who are currently getting funding if States do not qualify and we know some do not and some will never. So this is important. I know you have a few closing remarks but this bill is flawed in so many ways that I hope to have an opportunity to go through some of them.”