Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend and fellow Rules Committee member, Representative Fischbach, for the time. A quick history lesson. June 2020, Vice President Kamala Harris applauded former L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti's decision to slash police funding by $150 million. Representative Ocasio-Cortez has stated, ``defunding police means defunding police,'' an exact quote. Representative Cori Bush has said that she would ``make sure'' she has private security for her protection while simultaneously promising to defund the police that protect you. Representative Tlaib has said: ``No more policing, incarceration, and militarization.'' Representative Omar has stated: Not only do we need to defund, we need to dismantle police departments. What has been the result? What has been the result of these attacks on law enforcement? Well, 2021 was the deadliest year in two decades for our law enforcement officers. Mr. Speaker, 64 officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2022. Just to put that in perspective, that is a 40 percent increase from 2020. At least nine cities, the vast majority of which are Democrat- controlled cities, saw record homicides last year and skyrocketing crime that continues to plague our communities all across the country. Right here in D.C., for example, we are already seeing a 13 percent rise in violent crime in 2023 compared with 2022 when crime was already at near-historic levels.…”