Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of Representative Clyde's H.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the District of Columbia's Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. There is a crime crisis in America's Capital City. According to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, carjackings in the District have increased by 90 percent compared to this time last year. Total property crime is up 31 percent, and homicides are up 29 percent. In fact, D.C. is currently on track to have the most homicides since 1995. But the radical D.C. Council has chosen to prioritize legislation that will turn this crime crisis into a catastrophe. The D.C. Council's progressive soft-on-crime legislation eliminates almost all the mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for violent crimes, and it drastically reduces the maximum penalties allowable to the courts. These changes further embolden criminals to run rampant throughout the District of Columbia. The act also grants the right to a jury trial for most misdemeanor offenses. The D.C. court system is already overloaded. This change will burden the D.C. court system even more, reducing the resources devoted to hearing cases for serious felony offenses. The D.C. Council's legislation is eroding an individual's right to a fair and speedy trial granted them through our Constitution. All Americans should feel safe in their Capital City, but they don't because of D.C.…”