Sheila Jackson Lee: “And I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) and the Law Enforcement…”

“And I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) and the Law Enforcement Caucus, Mr. Reichert, and I pay tribute to his service. Certainly, Mr. Pascrell has been on the front lines for a very long time, and I have been delighted to join him, first, when we were on the Homeland Security Committee and then continuing on the caucuses that deal with our first responders across the Nation. Mr. Speaker, let me indicate to my colleagues that I also rise in support of H. Res. 285, and to thank Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Taylor, and to also reinforce what I hope will be a worthy discussion going forward on the Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, which has a wide range of civil rights groups and police groups who are already beginning to support us. This resolution has been introduced before, and we were lucky enough to get a number of good cosponsors of organizations who believe in our community-police cooperation. I happen to come from Houston, where our first African-American police chief was Lee Brown, who is known as the father of community- oriented policing, which is the premise, I believe, of this resolution, getting to know your officers, engaging with your officers, and finding a way to empower both police and community working together.…”