Kendra S. Horn: “the gentleman that just spoke, I am afraid, is slightly confused on who is responsible for what. This bill covers part…”

“the gentleman that just spoke, I am afraid, is slightly confused on who is responsible for what. This bill covers part of the Federal Government, a part of which is mostly out and not working. But if we want to change it, we need to vote to override the President's veto because that will put the employees of the departments in this bill--Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary--back to work. These are valuable departments. In 1994, I happened to have supported the 100,000 cops on the street proposal. After looking at the list where Justice gave those awards, I strongly support giving the community the funds and letting those closest to the problem make the decision. I was a coauthor with the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Wynn] of the troops to cops proposal that is part of that program. And I must say I am disappointed at some of the judgments made by those in the Department of Justice. I think the sooner we have the States, the counties, and the cities making these decisions, the more confidence we can have in the outcome.”