
When Congress oversteps into the traditionally State-held criminal prosecution space, State offenses can be unnecessarily replicated, making everything a crime and everyone a potential criminal.
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When Congress oversteps into the traditionally State-held criminal prosecution space, State offenses can be unnecessarily replicated, making everything a crime and everyone a potential criminal.

This power belongs to the people's representatives.

This should scare every Member of this Committee.

Congress should practice restraint in creating more Federal criminal laws.

Even for Democrats this should be concerning. Because if it's Donald Trump today, it could be you tomorrow.

I've worked in the criminal justice system for over 25 years and cannot believe how the current DOJ is choosing to throw away the rule of law to attack political enemies.

You tell us where you think we can help simplify those, and we will do the necessary work here to make sure that we make it easier for these communities to get those.

Discretionary grants are becoming more and more difficult for smaller communities to apply for...

The future belongs to the people who show up and fight for it.

The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

Our ruling class seems to believe that America needs to be destroyed in order to be saved.

The American dream is under attack, and it’s our job to defend it.

If we don’t defend ourselves, nobody else will.

We've got to stop the cultural rot that's destroying our country from within.

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