Political Quotes

“I want to begin by acknowledging the extraordinary leadership of Chairman Wolf, who, as I was recounting earlier, I remember as a young law student arriving in Washington, and hearing about his work. So much of his work has been longstanding. I particularly want to acknowledge his work on gang violence and gang violence reduction. I know this will be his last appropriations bill, so I thank him for his many years of service to our country. I also want to thank and recognize our ranking member, Congressman Fattah, for his great work. I rise today to offer an amendment that will invest in making our communities safe from gangs and gun violence. This amendment restores $8.5 million in funding for the Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program, also known as Project Safe Neighborhoods. It provides the same level of funding that was provided for this critical program in fiscal year 2014. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a proven, effective program for intervening in communities in order to enhance public safety and combat gang violence. Today, this competitive grant program invests in partnerships led by U.S. attorneys and allows local and State law enforcement, community leaders, and prosecutors to collaborate together on efforts to fight gang crime and reduce gun violence--and to do it in a strategically thoughtful way and to bring resources to this important work.…”