Marie believes we need to provide more federal funding to boost officer and firefighter pay to improve retention rather than furnish departments with unnecessary line items like night-vision goggles.
Provide more federal funding to boost officer and firefighter pay.
Occurrences
provide officers tax relief on federal income tax to encourage more people to get into law enforcement
Evidence
The office's June 11, 2026 news listing, "Statement on DHS Reconciliation Funding," says she voted against a partisan reconciliation package that would have pre-funded ICE and DHS for the next 3 years.
The office's June 3, 2026 news listing says the House Appropriations Committee adopted her amendment adding over $5 million to fully fund the Chemical Safety Board.
Assessments
The available evidence shows Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez engaged in appropriations and funding votes, but it does not show that she secured or materially advanced a specific increase in federal funding to raise officer or firefighter pay. The cited actions concern DHS/ICE funding and the Chemical Safety Board, which are not direct delivery of this promise. Because she remains in federal office and the record here does not establish either fulfillment or a clearly failed targeted effort on this promise, the best judgment from this evidence is unresolved rather than delivered, partial, or never.