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Val Demings is a Democratic politician from Florida, known for her service as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. Before her congressional career, she served as the Chief of the Orlando Police Department, making history as the first woman to hold that position. Demings has focused on issues such as gun control, healthcare, and criminal justice reform during her time in office. In 2022, she ran for the U.S. Senate but was unsuccessful in her bid against incumbent Marco Rubio.
Some of the hardest calls law enforcement officers take are intimate partner violence calls. These situations are heartbreaking, volatile, dangerous, and far too commonplace. Domestic violence affects every community and crosses all racial…
we sit here today, at least my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and look for a technicality to continue to justify discrimination.
I do not believe that it takes precedence over my ability to love whomever I want to.
Just saying that you support equal rights or women's rights or civil rights isn't enough because the American people are always watching what you do.
In closing, H.R. 1404 will shine a light on Vladimir Putin's financial networks that have stripped the Russian Federation of its resources and left the Russian people in poverty. It will also empower Congress, the intelligence community…
I do believe a compromise or the appearance of compromise or undue influence is relevant to this conversation.
Of all of the injustices, and there are many that exist, the lack of healthcare is the most inhumane.
I am ashamed of my colleagues' statements across the aisle. We can do better than this.
The mess that we have here today has been self-created and self-inflicted, and with all of America's challenges, it amazes me that we would create this mess at the border and then require the men and women of CBP and others to make it…
What policies have changed since the two children died to now to prevent that from happening?
I had a zero-tolerance policy too as a police chief. You know who it was for? For murderers and rapists and robbers and other people who committed violent crime, not people trying to get across the border who had committed no violent…
Let us talk about the two children who died in government custody, what we ought to be doing if we are going to stay in the family separation business, and Lord knows I hope we do not.
I believe that you have worked to make our criminal justice system to make a mockery out of it.
I am sick and tired of watching sons and daughters, and husbands and wives, and mothers and fathers die through gun violence by someone with a gun who should have never had a gun in their possession in the first place.
My colleagues on the other side of the aisle can't tell me a doggone thing about rights because, you know what? I can't help but think about the rights of the victims who died at the hands of someone with a gun who should have never had a…
I thank the gentlewoman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I reintroduced H.R. 449 to enhance counterterrorism preparedness at the local level. In recent years, we have seen acts of terrorism, especially in planning and execution…
This shutdown is causing fear, pain, and stress for thousands of families in central Florida. Now, this may be confusing to the President and to Senator McConnell, but to Brandon and his wife, who both have Federal jobs in my district and…
It is surely a shame that it is necessary in the year 2019 for the U.S. Congress to denounce white nationalism in Congress. As a police officer, I worked white supremacist rallies. The words alone hurt enough, but as a police officer, I…
Let's discuss voting in America. Mr. Speaker, 53 years ago--I believe we all know it--Congress passed the Voting Rights Act to stop discriminatory practices which denied minorities the right to vote. Poll workers would ask people of color…
I have no doubt that the CASE Act is a much needed piece of legislation that is truly going to help protect the creativity of the persons in this room and many others who are not here.
I remember a long time ago as a law enforcement officer, we were told that you cannot fight today's battles with yesterday's weapons.
As we all know, September 11 was one of the darkest days in American history.
Today I rise to honor Boy Scout Troop 221 of Apopka, Florida. They truly exemplify of the Scout values of duty, service, character, leadership, and self-reliance. Last year, they led the Central Florida Council in community service…
The National Guard played a critical role in helping to get aviation security back up to where it needed to be.
Our primary responsibility as Members of Congress is to make sure that we are, No. 1, keeping our Nation safe.
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