Harold Volkmer: “I think I have tried to point out some of the things that are severely wrong with this bill, and I think it goes too…”

“I think I have tried to point out some of the things that are severely wrong with this bill, and I think it goes too broad, permits any and every thing that you can use your imagination for if you are a member of local government. And one thing it does not do, it does not let the chief of police in my local town make a decision about it. It lets all of the other people make that decision. It does not let my local sheriff decide, it lets other people make that decision. It depends on who can persuade that unit of local government what they best need the money for. And if I remember, I doubt if there are very many communities to say that have all kinds of money laying around, and they do not need some money for a lot of things and they are the ones that are going to decide what their priorities are. And if that priority is to have some more police or security at abortion clinics, then that is what they will make it for.”