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On the recordAugust 22, 2020
Obviously, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are not aware that fraud is a Federal--voter fraud is a crime. We have already established and funded the United States Postal Inspection Service. Little do they know, whenever an employee is in a postal facility, there are internal galleys in every facility where you are observed for 24 hours a day by postal inspectors. Mr. Speaker, I am very comfortable that we will adhere to those laws. We have clerks who have sworn duties to protect elections. But let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, 3 months ago this House passed the HEROES Act, and I ask my colleagues to open their mail because we sent them a letter that will protect the Postal Service. We sent them a letter saying that we need to send funding to the States and local governments so they will not defund the police departments. If you want to know who is defunding the police department, the lack of a movement in the Senate to send that necessary money to cities who must balance their budget. And the only way they can balance their budget is to cut because they don't have the funding that has been taken away from them because of COVID. So you have the responsibility, Mr. Speaker, the Republicans have on their hands the defunding of our police department.…
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan
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Aug 22, 2020

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