Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1486, I call up the bill (H.R. 8205) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that Byrne grant funds may be used for public safety report systems, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTurner). Pursuant to House Resolution 1486, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary, printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-51 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 8205 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act''. SEC. 2. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH POSTING BAIL. Section 1033(f)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the comma the following: ``(including the posting of monetary bail, criminal bail bonds, and Federal immigration bail bonds)''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for 1 hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary, or their respective designees. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr.…”