Steve Chabot: “A change in U.S. policy is long overdue, and this legislation moves us toward that goal.”

Every riot or act of violence or threat thereof taking place anywhere in this nation, whoever is responsible for it, is unconscionable and we on this side, Republicans, we reject it; we condemn it.

Now, may not be the time, despite what the Biden Administration and any of my colleagues believe, to release drug traffickers and dealers back into our communities and neighborhoods.

I urge my colleagues to support this bill on both sides of aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time.

As hard-working families continue to struggle to make ends meet in the face of soaring inflation, now a staggering 9.1 percent, the highest in 41 years, we are holding yet another hearing designed to divide the American people and distract…