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December 2, 2021
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) introduced the Public Safety Enhancement Act of 2021 (PSE), which would provide grant funding to hire an additional 100,000 police officers within the next 5 years. The legislation reauthorizes a portion of then-Senator Joe Biden's 1994 crime bill used to combat the surge in crime by putting more officers on the streets.
October 15, 2021
Washington, DC—Congressman Troy E. Nehls(R-TX-22) introduced the Blocking Lawlessness from Undermining Enforcement (BLUE) Act to prevent local and state governments that have defunded their police departments from using National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) program grants to fill in the gaps of their depleted law enforcement budgets.