Title: 9/11 1000 Committee on Ways and Means  - STLW- H.R. 3269, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INNOVATE TO DE-ESCALATE ACT
Description: Markup of H.R. 9495, H.R. 3269, H.R. 190, H.R. 9461, H.R. 9462

Channel: 35 - WM
Recorded On: 9/11/2024 9:55:00 AM
Original Air Date: 9/11/2024
Transcript Generated by SnapStream
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Speaker 4 [11:36:56 AM]
Um,

Speaker 3 [11:36:58 AM]
My fears what. We've heard is a lot of conflating. Um, once again, in the language of the bill. There is

Speaker 4 [11:37:10 AM]
A velocity.

Speaker 3 [11:37:15 AM]
Control. They can't go over 500

Speaker 4 [11:37:18 AM]
ft.

Speaker 3 [11:37:19 AM]
Um, and so within that is it can't be modified to that. Part of my reason for my belief this is absolutely moral and the right thing to do. last year I did a ride along with my neighbor who's a sergeant in the Phoenix police and he has one of the tougher areas. And He's been on the force 20 some years. And he's telling me the hardest thing he often has to deal with

Speaker 4 [11:37:50 AM]
is

Speaker 3 [11:37:52 AM]
An individual who, whether it be because of substance abuse or mental

Speaker 4 [11:37:56 AM]
health. Who's coming at someone.

Speaker 3 [11:38:01 AM]
In a violent manner. And how does

Speaker 4 [11:38:03 AM]
he Deal with that.

Speaker 3 [11:38:07 AM]
Part of this is this is about the excise

Speaker 4 [11:38:09 AM]
tax.

Speaker 3 [11:38:11 AM]
And trying to create in some ways as I view it, the incentives for the next generation, the next generation, the next generation of technology.

Speaker 4 [11:38:21 AM]
Um Look, There

Speaker 3 [11:38:26 AM]
is a problem in our society and it's it and there's got to be some ways to go at it. But this is a small box here

Speaker 4 [11:38:37 AM]
of continuing the

Speaker 3 [11:38:39 AM]
morality of is there technology that could at

Speaker 4 [11:38:43 AM]
least

Speaker 3 [11:38:46 AM]
Keep some of our brothers and sisters no matter what their Issue is from from losing their

Speaker 4 [11:38:52 AM]
lives. Um,

Speaker 3 [11:38:55 AM]
And, and if, and if a couple of my, uh, Democrat colleagues,

Speaker 4 [11:38:59 AM]
have language that

Speaker 3 [11:39:02 AM]
they think would fix a little bit, bring it to us, you know, if we're blessed to bring this to the floor.

Speaker 4 [11:39:07 AM]
Um,

Speaker 3 [11:39:08 AM]
you know, Congressman Stanton and, and I have been going around and around trying to find move this forward, bring us something. Maybe we can make it work so it becomes more comfortable.

Speaker 4 [11:39:20 AM]
But Um, if there's just some lives that don't have to be lost. Because

Speaker 3 [11:39:28 AM]
we now can move into a world where you can be 45 ft away or you

Speaker 4 [11:39:33 AM]
have multiple darts. Um,

Speaker 3 [11:39:37 AM]
Imagine a world where you're son of the law enforcement officer reaches for the non-lethal

Speaker 4 [11:39:46 AM]
over the lethal. Because The

Speaker 3 [11:39:50 AM]
technology has gotten so much better. And maybe it's a little bit utopian.

Speaker 4 [11:39:56 AM]
Um,

Speaker 3 [11:39:57 AM]
But for some of us, you gotta have some hope.