Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. The only time you know a traffic stop is routine is when it is over. The only time you know it is only a mental health service call is after the scene is secure. Far too often, and more complicated, are addiction-related issues and mental health-related issues, but none of those preclude the fact that a weapon is there or domestic violence has occurred. When you continue to coordinate this stuff for cash-strapped departments across the country with decarceration, you will have real consequences. For well over 25 years, victims' rights groups have fought all across this country to get domestic violence offenders held for the weekend on misdemeanor charges, and there are reasons for that. You need them to sober up; you need everybody to cool off; and victims need the opportunity to get out of the house. These bills do nothing to do any of those things. These bills will make communities more dangerous from one end of the country to the other. This bill sounds really good. Cooperation, coordination, all of those words sound fantastic.…”