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Hakeem Jeffries: “We appear to be in violation of the House rules, given that the law that was passed in 2022 required that a plaque…”

On the recordMay 14, 2025
We appear to be in violation of the House rules, given that the law that was passed in 2022 required that a plaque honoring those heroic police officers be placed on the western front of the Capitol Building no later than March 15, 2023, but 791 days have passed, and this Republican Congress has refused to comply with the law. It is time to honor those heroic officers. It is unconscionable. It is unpatriotic. It is unfathomable. It is unacceptable. It is un-American. You need to honor those officers and treat them with the dignity and respect that they deserve.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the delay in honoring police officers as mandated by a 2022 law.

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