,,iv  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #chg  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,may #ab1 #bjba,mr4   
,buck 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,hice ( ,georgia1
 ,mr4 ,/eube1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 & ,mr4     
,biggs7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2   
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on !       
,judici>y  ,,resolution  ,express+      
support = ! ,nation's law en=cem5t      
ag5cies4  ,:]eas law en=cem5t (fic]s    
protect ! ,am]ican p f crim9als :o seek 
to p]petrate viol5ce & h>m innoc5t lives
 reg>dless ( ! political circum/ances ( 
! day2 ,:]eas ! brave m5 & wom5 ( ! law 
en=cem5t community cont9ually summon !  
c\rage to fulfill _! solemn oa? to      
ensure ! safety ( our communities &     
provide peace ( m9d = our ,nation's     
citiz5s2 ,:]eas ,am]ica's law en=cem5t  
community also seeks to assi/ !         
communities !y s]ve ?r\gh a v>iety (    
nontraditional means1 includ+ non>re/   
pa?ways t connect individuals ) treatm5t
 & recov]y programs to ov]come          
addiction1 & juv5ile div]sion programs  

to prev5t m9ors f ent]+ ! crim9al ju/ice
 sy/em2 ,:]eas support+ law en=cem5t    
(fic]s ) ! equipm5t1 tra9+1 & fund+     
necess>y to s]ve our communities & keep 
our /reets safe has long be5 a bip>tisan
 issue1 dat+ back to ,presid5t ,cl9ton &
 !n-,s5ator ,bid5 jo9+ _! ,republican   
colleagues to pass ! ,viol5t ,crime     
,control & ,law ,en=cem5t ,act ( #aiid2 
,:]eas law en=cem5t (fic]s will+ly face 
dang]\s circum/ances & ! ?reat ( s]i\s  
bodily injury or dea? on a daily basis  
to ensure ! safety ( all ,am]icans2     
,:]eas ! ,national ,law ,en=cem5t       
,memorial & ,museum reports t z (       
,decemb] #ca1 #bjbj1 #a1gfc law en=cem5t
 (fic]s _h di$ 9 ! l9e ( duty dur+ ! pa/
 decade2 ,:]eas ! ,national ,law        
,en=cem5t ,memorial & ,museum's #bjbj   
,law ,en=cem5t ,(fic]s ,fatalities      
,report detail$ t #bfd law en=cem5t     
(fic]s 7 kill$ 9 ! l9e ( duty 9 #bjbj1  
an increase ( #if p]c5t f ! previ\s ye>1
 includ+ #dh (fic]s :o 7 kill$ 9        
fire>ms-relat$ incid5ts 9 #bjbj2 ,:]eas 

peaceful prote/s h be5 hijack$ by viol5t
 extremi/s seek+ to s[ discord1 damage  
prop]ty1 loot bus9esses1 & inflict h>m  
aga9/ civilians & law en=cem5t (fic]s2  
,:]eas law en=cem5t (fic]s h be5 run    
ov]1 %ot1 hit ) objects1 & /abb$        
attempt+ to ma9ta9 peace & ! rule ( law2
 ,:]eas progressive politicians & int]e/
 gr\ps h respond$ to ?is viol5ce ) calls
 to defund law en=cem5t ag5cies across !
 ,nation2 ,:]eas defund+ or o!rwise     
h&cuff+ law en=cem5t (fic]s w make      
(fic]s less likely to int]v5e 9 dang]\s 
situations & w result 9 law en=cem5t    
pull+ back f ! neighborhoods !y are     
entru/$ to protect2 ,:]eas viol5t crime 
increases :5 law en=cem5t is =c$ to     
)draw f neighborhoods2 ,:]eas ! ,new    
,york ,police ,dep>tm5t report$ t !     
numb] ( %oot+s so>$ #ig p]c5t f #ggg 9  
#bjai to #a1eca 9 #bjbj & ! numb] (     
murd]s jump$ by #dd p]c5t z police fac$ 
a /iff r\nd ( budget cuts & r$uc$       
support f local (ficials2 ,:]eas ! ,los 
,angeles ,police ,dep>tm5t report$ #cbb 

homicides z ( ,decemb] #ab1 #bjbj1 up   
#cj4d p]c5t f #bdg at ! same po9t la/   
ye>1 aft] ! dep>tm5t's budget 0 cut by  
#aej1jjj1jjj2 ,:]eas viol5t crimes so>$ 
by #ba p]c5t 9 ,m9neapolis la/ ye> z    
,m9neapolis ,city ,c\ncil (ficials      
cont9ue pu%+ to dismantle ! city's      
police dep>tm5t :ile hir+ private       
security details = _! own p]sonal       
protection2 ,:]eas ! vilification ( !   
,nation's law en=cem5t (fic]s & !       
embrac+ ( hateful rhetoric aga9/ ^!     
brave m5 & wom5 only places !m fur!r 9  
h>m's way2 ,:]eas ^! brave m5 & wom5 mu/
 op]ate 9 an environm5t :]e _! moral &  
legal au?ority is con/antly be+         
scrut9iz$1 & !y und]take ! critical yet 
difficult task ( address+ ! actions ( ^?
 affect$ by addiction1 homelessness1 &  
m5tal illness2 & ,:]eas ef=ts to defund 
police dep>tm5ts w cause irrep>able &   
la/+ damage to ! ,nation3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be
 x ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7  
(f]s its s9c]e gratitude & appreciation 
to ! ,nation's law en=cem5t (fic]s :o   

protect & s]ve our communities2  7#b7   
recognizes ! great sacrifice our law    
en=cem5t (fic]s make to keep ! ,nation  
safe2 &  7#c7 rejects ! misguid$ &      
dang]\s ef=ts to defund & dismantle !   
,nation's law en=cem5t ag5cies4