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Mental Health Justice Act of 2022

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 22, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this bill.

The crime rates that we have seen skyrocket across the United States can be traced directly back to calls from far-left Members of Congress to defund the police.

In my own district, we have seen more violent crimes than ever before. In the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a community of just 20,000 people, we have already seen 10 murders so far this year.

Instead of confronting this issue head-on, this legislative package hands out over $2 billion to far-left programs while only funding $60 million worth of grants for police officers, and that $60 million would be spread out over 50 States.

This bill is deeply misguided and will not address the root issues of the crisis that we are facing. Instead, it spends Federal tax dollars funding social workers under the guise of supporting law enforcement.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``no'' on these bills, and I myself will vote ``no.''

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