We should discuss ways that we can further support our police officers.

We need police officers, and we must maintain law and order.

Revising the qualified immunity doctrine is a step in the right direction.

Qualified immunity is one facet of a public campaign in some ways to demonize the police.

I certainly don't disagree with his observations as a sitting judge and an appellate judge.

This doesn't really require much analysis. It's a very common-sense solution to a real problem.

The Democrats in charge made sure that that bill was dead on arrival.

I have urged the Biden Administration myself, Madam Chair, to correct that error in the rulemaking process by specifically directing a portion of that funding to local police departments and have gotten zero response.

We cannot turn a willful blind eye to that fact.

That's what I--and I don't want to step out of my lane talking for the sheriffs and the chiefs, but--

I think that mantra is dying away.

I mean, that is just nonsense.

I think you need to look at the facts by piercing those statistics that you have suggesting broad definitions.

In your opinion, will stripping law enforcement officers of qualified immunity hurt recruitment efforts, especially, specifically, in rural areas?

The effect of that on morale is very detrimental. The effect of that is bad for public safety.

We certainly can repurpose some of the funding.

The denial of justice in those kinds of circumstances due to this doctrine of qualified immunity is an injustice.

public safety is the primary value without which nothing else in a community can happen.

The vast majority of police officers in this country are self-sacrificing public servants.

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