"Can't you make the argument that it's you and the Republicans who defunded the police?" Wallace asked Banks, who is the chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee. "Not at all, Chris. Let's go back and look at the record over the last year, the comments that Democrats have made to Rashida Tlaib," Banks responded, turning the attention instead to progressive Democratic lawmakers. Wallace interrupted Banks, telling him President Biden's American Rescue Plan, which Banks voted against, would have given localities more money to hire police officers, invest in new technology and create new crime intervention programs. "I've heard your point about the last year," Wallace said. "But you and every other Republican voted against this $350 billion.