{"id":565379,"date":"2021-06-16T11:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565379"},"modified":"2021-06-16T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:51:27","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-call-on-sheila-jackson-lee-to-hold-hearing-over-democrats-pushes-to-defund-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-call-on-sheila-jackson-lee-to-hold-hearing-over-democrats-pushes-to-defund-police\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call On Sheila Jackson Lee To Hold Hearing Over Democrats\u2019 Pushes To Defund Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-call-on-sheila-jackson-lee-to-hold-hearing-over-democrats-pushes-to-defund-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565379&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-1-Stefani-Reynolds-PoolGetty-Images-Photo-2-By-Bill-ClarkCQ-Roll-Call-Inc-via-Getty-Images-e1623855282806.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"48.964207450694\">\n<p>A group of House Republicans on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security called on Chairwoman Sheila Jackson Lee to hold a hearing to review Democrats\u2019 calls to \u201cdefund the police\u201d and the uptick in violence across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, first obtained by the Daily Caller, was spearheaded by the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee Arizona Andy Biggs and was signed by all the Republicans on the subcommittee as well as Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan. In the letter, the 10 Republicans called on Lee to \u201cimmediately\u201d schedule a hearing on calls to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/cori-bush-defund-police-spent-taxpayer-money-private-security-statement-disbursements-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cdefund the police\u201d<\/a> and the \u201ccorresponding increase\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/defund-police-cities-crime-rates-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violence<\/a> in American cities. The GOP lawmakers also listed statistics from different cities where crime has spiked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadical left-wing proposals to defund police forces threaten public safety and put law enforcement officers at risk. The reckless decisions to defund police forces \u2014 and the Biden administration\u2019s apathy towards these actions \u2014 have had a real effect on American communities. Homicides have increased in many of the cities that have defunded their police forces. Other violent crimes are also on the rise in many of these cities,\u201d they write in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter slashing its police budget by nearly $1 billion, New York City saw a 97 percent rise in shootings and almost a 45 percent increase in homicides. Austin, Texas, saw a 50 percent spike in homicides. Los Angeles, California, experienced an increase of 11.6 percent in homicides,\u201d they added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Pushes To \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 While Spending Thousands On Private Security To Protect Themselves)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- 2021-06-16 GOP Crime to SJL Re Hearing Request on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/512011748\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-2021-06-16-GOP-Crime-to-SJL-Re-Hearing-Request#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you schedule a hearing in the near future to allow Subcommittee Members to hear from law enforcement and civic leaders about how the increase in violent crime attributable to defunding of police. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter,\u201d the lawmakers concluded in the letter. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/cori-bush-defund-police-spent-taxpayer-money-private-security-statement-disbursements-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Rep. Cori Bush Wants To \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 But Spent Taxpayer Money On Private Security For Herself)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent crime is exploding in cities across America that have defunded the police. These Democrat-run cities have maliciously attacked and smeared our police forces, but can\u2019t understand why our officers are leaving the field in droves and why crime rates continue to sky-rocket. We must defend the thin blue line and restore law and order by holding the Democrats accountable for this destructive agenda,\u201d Biggs told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Democrats have continued to push for defunding the police, as a result, police departments are <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/06\/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-minneapolis-police-department-metropolitan-police-department-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struggling with budget cuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of House Republicans on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security called on Chairwoman Sheila Jackson Lee to hold a hearing to review Democrats\u2019 calls &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280430,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-1-Stefani-Reynolds-PoolGetty-Images-Photo-2-By-Bill-ClarkCQ-Roll-Call-Inc-via-Getty-Images-e1623855282806.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call On Sheila Jackson Lee To Hold Hearing Over Democrats\u2019 Pushes To Defund Police","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-1-Stefani-Reynolds-PoolGetty-Images-Photo-2-By-Bill-ClarkCQ-Roll-Call-Inc-via-Getty-Images-e1623855282806.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call On Sheila Jackson Lee To Hold Hearing Over Democrats\u2019 Pushes To Defund Police","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}