Rep. Scalise criticizes calls for defunding police departments, arguing that he wouldn't be alive if it weren't for the officers who saved him during the congressional baseball shooting in 2017.
over the issue. During a House Democratic caucus conference call Monday, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., asked his colleagues not to get pulled into the debate over defunding.
"I want to say to all the members: please don’t let yourselves get drawn into this debate about defunding police forces," he told them, according to a House Democratic aide. He also invoked civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who said as recently as last week for everyone to keep"our eyes on the prize."
Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., skirted the issue in an interview Monday on MSNBC, saying that police funding is"a local matter" and that her focus is to"change policy to make our policing more just." House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., told members during their caucus call Monday that he intends to hold a hearing Wednesday on the
Monday, according to an official readout. House Democrats plan to then mark up the bill next week, he said.
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