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Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, told POLITICO he’s drafting legislation separate from the committee’s work that focuses on local and state law enforcement use of the software, instead of federal use. He says that while he supports the broader Democratic package on police reform, the Justice in Policing Act, it alone won’t address his and other lawmakers’ concerns over the technology.
“That bill by itself can’t solve the whole issue on facial recognition,” he told POLITICO on Thursday. “That’s why we need these other bills, and that’s why we have to do it now instead of waiting a year to get it done, because the American people’s attention and focus is what’s creating this opportunity and without it we couldn’t move this issue forward.”