Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Kentucky, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, for yielding. I also thank Congressman Clyde for bringing H.J. Res. 26, the bill to address this serious problem of crime. You have been hearing this debate on the floor. I am sure people watching at home are watching in amazement that this is not a unanimous discussion, that we are not all standing up here on the House floor deploring the crime that is out of control in the District of Columbia. We have seen it in so many communities around America. You see it in so many big cities--pretty much all run by Democrats, I will point out--where crime is out of control after they have dropped penalties for criminals, where they have defunded the police, this massive shift against law enforcement, against keeping communities safe. You would think we would all be in agreement on that. The fact is that in D.C., sexual abuse is up 157 percent. You would think you would hear the other side joining us in speaking out against that, not trying to defend laws that make it easier to get criminals out of jail. Motor vehicle theft up 88 percent. Total property crime up 31 percent. Homicides increased 22 percent. We see stories of carjackings every day, and what did the D.C. Council do? They passed a resolution to get rid of mandatory minimums on many violent crimes. This isn't some petty crime we are talking about. We are talking about violent crimes. Armed carjackings.…”