Sheila Jackson Lee: “I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I was moved by all of the presentations that have been made here…”

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I was moved by all of the presentations that have been made here today, statements on the floor, by passionate Members of Congress. It reminded me of my time as a municipal court judge, seeing officers in clothing that would not be recognizable because they were undercover officers, seeking what we call probable cause warrants and trying to save communities. I think this legislation is extremely important in this week because what it says is that we can all get along, that we can pass legislation that deals with the pain of our law enforcement officers and commits us to the statement that we want them to go home to their families. At the same time, we can use the words ``criminal justice reform'' and not offend by saying it is to help everyone: our law enforcement officers and our civilians. I am also grateful that next week we will have the opportunity to hear a myriad of issues on this particular point. But as we come together this week, officers of the law will be coming to Washington, D.C., from all parts of the Nation. This legislation will make the statement that we want to coordinate, we want to establish advisory groups, we want to establish guidelines for States, and we want to provide assistance to have the Blue Alert plans.…”