House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., told Newsmax on Wednesday that he will use his first full hearing as the panel’s new leader to spotlight rising violence against law enforcement, arguing the issue has become urgent and widespread across local, state, and federal agencies.
The hearing, scheduled for later this morning, will feature nongovernment witnesses and focus on recent increases in attacks on officers nationwide, including incidents involving federal immigration agents as well as municipal police and sheriffs, Garbarino said in an interview with Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.”
“That’s why it’s my first hearing,” Garbarino said. “We have to focus on this increase of attacks on our law enforcement. These guys are doing their jobs. These men and women are out there protecting our country.”
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