Joe Morelle

I don't think we would get to 107,941 deaths if not for the scale and scope of social media.

We should be really clear in saying you cannot buy a legitimate prescription drug on social media at all.

I have always assumed that the cartels' interest was in creating sort of dependency, addiction

Thank you, certainly, for taking time to speak with us today, but also for your service to the country.

I have written to your office in the past about the importance of prioritizing Federal prosecutions of firearms cases.

I'm getting tired at these hearings of listening to these attacks, when they can be addressed.

In my community of Rochester, New York, Upstate New York, we remain in a gun violence state of emergency.

I frankly find it somewhat astonishing at this date and the age in which we live that the American leadership here at times questions the role of the FBI.

First of all, I thank my good friend, the gentlewoman from New Mexico, who is also playful but serious, for yielding. I thank the gentlewoman from Wyoming for her support of the bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong support…

I have strongly, as a Democrat, supported more resources for law enforcement. I will continue to do that.

The per capita murder rate in Trump States was 23 percent higher than the murder rate in Biden States.

I am so strongly opposed to the proposed $320 million cut that was proposed by House Republicans for U.S. Attorneys.

I appreciate all the comments made by the witnesses, and, obviously, this is a challenging, challenging issue.

Guns make violent crime more violent and more deadly.

In your opinion, your professional opinion, would the Capitol campus and the area immediately around it be safer without M4-style ghost guns, assault rifles, and high-capacity magazines on the street?

For folks who continue to talk about supporting law enforcement, some of my colleagues either have amnesia or do not recognize the importance of supporting law enforcement at the Federal, State, and local levels.

The coordination is an issue we must address.

Unless we take common-sense steps supported by a majority of Americans, the American people, on the question of illegal firearms, we will never fully address or solve the violent crime issue here in Washington.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for convening us.

I do not think there is a responsibility I take more seriously as the Ranking Member of this Committee than the safety of staff, visitors, and certainly Members on or around the Capitol campus.

I struggle to reconcile my colleagues' concerns about violent crime with a complete disregard of the key driver of those crimes.

Law enforcement has our back. It is critical that we have your back as well.

What we should not be doing at this time is to call for the defunding of the FBI and ATF.

It is astonishing that you would do that at a time when we are concerned about violent crime.

It is really important that we continue to invest in the technologies that will improve innovation