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National Police Week

Floor Speech

Date: May 17, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today during National Police Week to encourage my colleagues to support a bipartisan bill to help our communities better recruit and retain local law enforcement professionals.

This week a bipartisan group from Ohio introduced H.R. 3376, the Enhancing COPS Hiring Program Grants for Local Law Enforcement Act.

My colleagues from Ohio, Republican and Democratic, Congressman Carey, Congressman Miller, and Congresswoman Strong Sykes, have partnered together to alleviate the strain on local police departments by expanding the COPS hiring program. This bill will allow them to use existing grant dollars for recruitment and retention bonuses.

We will also be introducing similar legislation for communities to better recruit and retain firefighters.

Public safety is a top priority for me. We are making sure police and fire departments across the country have what they need to keep our children and families safe.

I hope Members will join us in this fight.

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