Roger Marshall: “this week is National Law Enforcement Week. So we pause here in our Nation's Capital to honor and remember the men and…”

“this week is National Law Enforcement Week. So we pause here in our Nation's Capital to honor and remember the men and women who so proudly serve and so bravely serve our communities. I am grateful for the nearly 8,000 law enforcement officers across the State of Kansas who are fighting to keep our communities safe as we speak here today. I rise to honor these brave men and women in uniform and recognize the sacrifices they and their families make every day to keep us all safe. I have hosted numerous crime and fentanyl roundtables across the State of Kansas, and everywhere I go, the officers tell me they are overwhelmed--they are overwhelmed with drug trafficking, with human trafficking, and with fentanyl trafficking--and that the crisis is growing; it is exploding. What they tell me is, even if we doubled or if we tripled the number of officers out there, they could not arrest themselves out of the situation. They all, to a person, point and ask me: When is the Federal Government going to shut down our border? To those officers out there who are fighting the fight--fighting human trafficking, fighting the fentanyl poisoning--I say thank you, and I get it. I know you are overwhelmed. These officers back home are our first line of defense. They are our families', our children's, and our friends' first line of defense in these crises. Now, more than ever, it is crucial that we demonstrate our unwavering support for them.…”