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Summer Lee: “I think if we can secure the bipartisan support that we have secured before, everyone will understand that the…”

On the recordAugust 23, 2011
I think if we can secure the bipartisan support that we have secured before, everyone will understand that the re-funding of the COPS grant is what you call a maximizing of your investment with the trained law enforcement officers that will benefit from it.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee advocates for bipartisan support to restore COPS grant funding.

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