Val Demings

My legislation, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022 (H.R. 6825), authorizes the program at $500 million annually through fiscal year 2028.

I am a proud cosponsor of Chairman Bennie Thompson's legislation, H.R. 7668, the Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act.

Too often those most in need are left behind when disaster strikes. My bill aims to change that so every American, regardless of where they live, how much money they have, or the color of their skin, gets the assistance they need after a…

I don't believe there are any tough questions that we are not prepared for or laser-focused on providing the necessary services.

I want to thank Administrator Deanne Criswell for your testimony.

I commend Administrator Criswell and the Biden administration for taking steps to protect those who are most vulnerable.

As a police chief, I was expected to get things done, to do everything within my power to keep people safe. Offering thoughts and prayers is fine. My grandchildren do that. But if that was all I did as a police chief after mass shootings…

I would like to commend my dear friend, Representative Payne, for his bill, the Homeland Security for Children Act, being signed into law on June 6th.

I certainly believe that our most important resource is and always will be the boots on the ground, the men and women who do the job.

I ultimately decided that the best way for me to do that was to become a police officer.

Let's help them soar as we should to their full potential. I trust them.

When it comes to a woman's most intimate, private, personal decisions, a woman's freedom, and doggone it her right to privacy, certainly politicians want full, uninterrupted, unfiltered access to what a woman does with her body.

It is critical that we support legislation and support programs that improve the overall preparedness and resiliency of communities across the Nation.

We need to fund and support law enforcement and first responders so that they are ready and able to answer the call when the time comes.

This past weekend 10 Americans lost their lives in Buffalo, New York, to a domestic terrorist radicalized by ideologies of hate and exclusion.

NACo strongly supports Chairwoman Demings and Representative Bacon's Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act (H.R. 5615).

We must do more around prevention, but when disaster strikes, we must help communities recover as quickly as possible.

UASI funding helps ensure that our first responders in Orlando and 35 other jurisdictions across the Nation are equipped and trained to respond safely and effectively during natural disasters, terrorist attacks, civil disturbances, and…

Chairwoman Demings introduced H.R. 5615, the Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act.

I will continue to do my part and push for this legislation to become law.

In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week of May 15 as National Police Week. Established in 1962 by a joint resolution of this body, National Police Week pays special recognition to…

Women deserve to make their own choices and not be treated like property and not be treated like second class citizens.

Marco Rubio will say anything for political gain, and then do another. Marco Rubio is full throttle into his belief that a woman should not have the right to choose her own destiny.

And that would be the case, why do we need to implement this secret force? To do what exactly at the polls? I don`t know about other voters --

You can make voting more difficult, but you can`t make it impossible.